Classic Inuit: Sculpture & Graphics from the 1950s to the Present

We are pleased to announce Classic Inuit: Sculptures and Graphics from the 1950s to the Present. The exhibition will feature works by some of Inuit art’s most celebrated masters, including Judas Ullulaq, John Pangnark, John Kavik and Kenojuak Ashevak. Complementing these images from an earlier generation will be newer works by such leading contemporary artists as Jamasee Pitseolak, Tony Anguhalluq and the late Itee Pootoogook.

Tony Anguhalluq

Musk Ox Eating Grass, 1973, stonecut & stencil, 25 x 37 in. (paper)

Tony Anguhalluq

Kayak, 1996, stencil, 6 x 6.5 in. (paper)

Luke Anowtalik

community, circa 2001, caribou antler & graphite, 13.5 x 34 x 21 in.

Kenojuak Ashevak

Owl’s Consort, 2012, stonecut & stencil, 24.5 x 39 in. (paper)

Koomwartok Ashoona

bird, late 1970s, stone, 7.25 x 4.5 x 5 in.

Baffin Island School

hunter with seal, mid-1950s, stone, bone & sinew, 7.25 x 5.5 x 3.75 in.

Sanikiluaq School

hunter with birds, circa 1950, stone, ivory & sinew, 7 x 5 x 3.5 in.

Abraham Etungat

bird of spring, mid-1970s, stone, 10.5 x 9 x 6.5 in.

Tuna Iquliq

mother & child, 1970s, stone, 5.75 x 4.5 x 5 in.

Tuna Iquliq

mother & child, 1970s, stone, 4.25 x 2.25 x 3 in.

John Kavik

woman & child, 1980s, stone, 9 x 2 x 5.5 in.

John Pangnark

figure, 1970s, stone, 8.5 x 5 x 4.25 in.

Jamasee Pitseolak

Tuniit Today, 2012, stone, 8.5 x 10.75 x 17.5 in.

Itee Pootoogook

40’s 50’s and 60’s, 2009, coloured pencil on paper, 25.5 x 19.5 in.

Miriam Nanurluk Qiyuk

untitled (animals, birds & fish), 2013, wool, felt & embroidery floss, 26 x 36 in.

Lucy Tasseor Tutsweetok

family, circa 1990, stone, 6 x 4 x 2.5 in.

Winnie Tatya

untitled (people, land & animals), 2011, wool, felt & embroidery floss, 29 x 36 in.

Judas Ullulaq

hunter & bird, 1988, stone, caribou antler, muskox horn & sinew, 16.5 x 16 x 8 in.

George Tataniq

mother & child, circa 1970, stone, 5 x 3.75 x 2 in.

Inukjuak School

bear & walrus totem, 1950s, stone, caribou antler & inlay, 6 x 3 x 3.25 in.