Brian Jungen disassembles and recombines consumer goods into whimsical sculptures, drawing from his family’s ranching and hunting background, as well as his Dane-zaa heritage. “I used to make artwork because I thought I could hide behind it, and that turned out not to be the case,” says the artist in our “Vancouver” episode. “My artwork became so tied up with my identity, especially as Native Canadian, that it was almost impossible to talk about my artwork without my identity.” Watch→ http://a21

Brian Jungen creates two-sided prints from archival newspaper clippings to reveal the complexities of Native experience in a new Art21 "Exclusive" series episode. — http://a21.tv/JungenPrinting "It was interesting seeing the media's portrayal of the local Native population," says the artist in this clip. "It was always about inequality, but it wasn't really from the Native person's perspective." | Art21