An inuit art cooperative in Canadian Great North
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the founding of the territory of Nunavut, in Canada, and the 65th anniversary of the West Baffin Cooperative in Kinngait (Cape Dorset, Baffin Island), the Canadian Cultural Centre is redeploying its historic exhibition, Fantastique Kenojuak Ashevak (created in 2013), by adding a new group of prints and sculptures from the Claude Baud and Michel Jacot collection. The exhibition illustrates both the wealth of a cooperative that is unique in the world and the vision of a Franco-Swiss collector duo who have been helping to raise the profile of Canadian Inuit art in France for decades.
This exceptional ensemble is complemented here by a body of new works by the now-famous Shuvinai Ashoona, granddaughter of Pitseolak Ashoona, a major figure in the first generation of artists from the Kinngait cooperative, who is also part of the Baud-Jacot collection.
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To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the founding of the territory of Nunavut, in Canada, and the 65th anniversary of the West Baffin Cooperative in Kinngait (Cape Dorset, Baffin Island), the Canadian Cultural Centre is redeploying its historic exhibition, Fantastique Kenojuak Ashevak (created in 2013), by adding a new group of prints and sculptures from the Claude Baud and Michel Jacot collection. The exhibition illustrates both the wealth of a cooperative that is unique in the world and the vision of a Franco-Swiss collector duo who have been helping to raise the profile of Canadian Inuit art in France for decades.
This exceptional ensemble is complemented here by a body of new works by the now-famous Shuvinai Ashoona, granddaughter of Pitseolak Ashoona, a major figure in the first generation of artists from the Kinngait cooperative, who is also part of the Baud-Jacot collection.
Artists on show
- Annie Tunnillie
- Arnaqu Ashevak
- Ashevak Adla
- Ashevak Tunnillie
- Jutai Toonoo
- Kakulu Sagiatuk
- Kananginak Pootoogook
- Kellypalik Qimirpik
- Kenojuak Ashevak
- Kiakshuk
- Kingmeata Etidlooie
- Lucy Qinnuayuak
- Mayureak Ashoona
- Meelia Kelly
- Munamee Shaqu
- Nalenik Temela
- Napachie Ashoona
- Ningeokuluk Teevee
- Ningeosiak Ashoona
- Nuyaliaq Qimirpik
- Ohotaq Mikkigak
- Oviloo Tunnillie
- Paul Kowmageak
- Pitaloosie Saila
- Pitseolak Ashoona
- Pootoogook Qiatsuk
- Pudlalik Shaa
- Pudlo Pudlat
- Qavavau Manumie
- Ragee Tassiutak
- Shorty Killiktee
- Shuvinai Ashoona
- Toonoo Sharky
- Tukiki Manomie
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