Worlds on Paper: Drawings from Kinngait
Curated by Emily Laurent Henderson, Associate Curator, Indigenous Arts and Culture at McMichael, this once-in-a-generation exhibition of more than 200 works will foreground the cultural continuities of life in Kinngait in the face of dramatic societal change over more than five decades. The adaptability and resilience of this unique community has been documented in works that depict intergenerational knowledge transfer, community building, and boundless imagination.
This exhibition will reveal overlooked bodies of work by some of the country鈥檚 most beloved artists including Kenojuak Ashevak, Pitseolak Ashoona, Kananginak Pootoogook, and Pudlo Pudlat as well as introduce audiences to hitherto unknown artists whose work was suppressed by the aims of the print program that prioritized the tastes of settler markets in the South.
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Curated by Emily Laurent Henderson, Associate Curator, Indigenous Arts and Culture at McMichael, this once-in-a-generation exhibition of more than 200 works will foreground the cultural continuities of life in Kinngait in the face of dramatic societal change over more than five decades. The adaptability and resilience of this unique community has been documented in works that depict intergenerational knowledge transfer, community building, and boundless imagination.
This exhibition will reveal overlooked bodies of work by some of the country鈥檚 most beloved artists including Kenojuak Ashevak, Pitseolak Ashoona, Kananginak Pootoogook, and Pudlo Pudlat as well as introduce audiences to hitherto unknown artists whose work was suppressed by the aims of the print program that prioritized the tastes of settler markets in the South.
Artists on show
- Anirnik Oshuitoq
- Aoudla Pudlat
- Aoudlaluk Qayuaryuk
- Egevadluq Ragee
- Elisapee Nungusuituq
- Etidlooie
- Etulu Etidlui
- Innukjuakju Pudlat
- Johnniebo Ashevak
- Kakulu Sagiatuk
- Kananginak Pootoogook
- Keeleemeeoomee Samualie
- Kenojuak Ashevak
- Kiawak Ashoona
- Kingmeata Etidlooie
- Lucy Qinnuayuak
- Lukta Qiatsuk
- Mary Pudlat
- Mayureak Ashoona
- Napachie Pootoogook
- Natsivaar
- Ningeeuga Oshuitoq
- Oshoochiak Pudlat
- Oviloo Tunnillie
- Pannichiak Munamee
- Parr
- Pauta Saila
- Peter Pitseolak
- Pitaloosie Saila
- Pitseolak Ashoona
- Pudlo Pudlat
- Qabaroak Qatsiya
- Qaunaq Mikkigak
- Qavavau Manumie
- Sharni Pootoogook
- Sheouak Petaulassie
- Sorosiluto Ashoona
- Sorosoluto Onalik
- Tikitu Qinnuayuak
- Tukiki Atamik
- Tye Adla
- Ulayu Pingwartok
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The McMichael Canadian Art Collection stewards the Kinngait Drawings Archive, a remarkable collection of 90,000 works owned by the West Baffin Eskimo Co-op (WBEC).
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