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However the nature and functions of Inuit carvings changed rapidly after contact with European and European-Canadian society. This change accelerated after around 1949, when Inuit began settling into communities, and the Canadian government began to encourage a carving industry as a source of income for the Inuit. The art changed markedly from ...
Eyetoaq married James Kingilik, also a soapstone sculptor, [2] in the early 1950s. [3] They had seven children, five biological and two adopted. [3] In 1968 they moved from their traditional Inuit camp at Beverly Lake to the Baker Lake settlement. [2] [3] After moving, they lived in a tent for two months due to a lack of housing. [3]
While shamanic imagery is common in much of Inuit art, the hand in this work is sheet metal, not a traditional material such as walrus ivory, the antler's of caribou or soapstone. Fellow Inuvialuk artist Floyd Kuptana learned sculpting techniques as an apprentice to David Ruben. Piqtoukun mostly works in stone, but also casts in metal.
Kavik was born in Sanikluaq. [2] In 1968, the Lofthouse Galleries in Ottawa staged a solo exhibition of Kavik's work. [3] [4]Kavik's work is held in several museums worldwide, including the British Museum, [5] the National Gallery of Canada, [6] the University of Michigan Museum of Art, [7] the Winnipeg Art Gallery, [8] and the National Museum of the American Indian. [9]
Osuitok Ipeelee RCA (Inuktitut: ᐅᓱᐃᑐ ᐃᐱᓕ, [1] 23 September 1923 - 2005 [2]) was an Inuk sculptor who lived in Cape Dorset, Nunavut.His sculptures in green soapstone of caribou and birds are particularly valued for their balance and delicacy.
She created many carvings from soapstone and thousands of drawings, etchings, stone cut prints and prints — all sought after by museums and collectors. [17] She designed several drawings for Canadian stamps and coins, and in 2004 she created the first Inuit-designed stained-glass window for the John Bell Chapel in Oakville, Ontario. In 2017 ...
Floyd Kuptana (1964-2021) was an Inuvialuk artist in Canada whose work is primarily stone carvings [1] as well as paintings and collage.. Modern Inuit art developed in the latter half of the 20th century as Indigenous peoples of the Canadian Arctic and subarctic regions began living in fixed communities in the late 1940s.
She co-authored the story of contemporary Inuit art of Canada in the book catalogue which she edited for her major survey exhibition, Creation and Transformation: Defining Moments in Inuit Art (2014) which drew on 250 pieces from the gallery’s collection and was co-published by the gallery and Douglas & McIntyre.
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