Creation and Transformation; Defining Moments in Inuit Art

Wight, Darlene Coward (editor)

ISBN 10: 1926812891 / ISBN 13: 9781926812892

Published by Douglas & McIntyre 978-1-926812-89-2, Vancouver

About this Item

[978-1-926812-89-2] 2012, 1st printing. (4to) Fine in fine dust jacket. 227pp. Signed by Darlene C. Wight. Color illustrations, appendices, bibliography, authors' biographies index. The top edge of the dust jacket is lightly worn. (Art--Canada, Inuit Art, Inuit Sculpture).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Creation and Transformation; Defining Moments in Inuit Art
• Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre 978-1-926812-89-2, Vancouver
• ISBN 10: 1926812891
• ISBN 13: 9781926812892
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art and Architecture

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Synopsis

The treasures of the world's largest public collection of Inuit art are revealed in this seminal history of art from the Arctic.

The collection of Inuit art held by the Winnipeg Art Gallery, one of Canada's most important public galleries, is extraordinary by any standard: its geographic range, diverse media and size have brought international renown to the collection of some 11,000 artworks. The wag celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2012-13 and this book, as well as a major exhibition from January 24 to April 17, 2013, will feature many of the gallery's treasures as it marks this important milestone.

Creation and Transformation is a major art book that describes the genesis and evolution of contemporary Inuit art from 1949 to the present day: from carvers in the 1950s, such as Johnny Inukpuk, to later storytellers in stone, such as Davidialuk Alasua Amittu, and in whale bone such as Karoo Ashevak; from pioneer graphic artist Jessie Oonark, to graphic artists working today in new and personal idioms, such as Shuvinai Ashoona. The book is a celebration of creativity that has had many transformations over six decades.

Organized chronologically, this remarkable volume will constitute a new historical narrative of a contemporary art form as revealed in essays by international authorities led by Winnipeg Art Gallery's curator of Inuit art, Darlene Coward Wight, and explored through the personal insights of the artists themselves. Expertly designed and produced, this book features 150 colour and archival images.

About the Author

Darlene Coward Wight has curated over 70 group and solo exhibitions of Inuit Art at the Winnipeg Art Gallery and has been published in numerous articles and 18 exhibition catalogs. She lives in Winnipeg, MB.

Ingo Hessel is the Albrecht Adjunct Curator of Inuit Art at the Heard Museum in Phoenix. His publications include the seminal Inuit Art: An Introduction, and Arctic Spirit.

Christine Lalonde is the Associate Curator of Indigenous Art at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.

Norman Vorano is the Curator of Contemporary Inuit Art at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Ottawa.

Susan Gustavison, an independent curator in Toronto, was Curator of Inuit and First Nations Art at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg, Ontario.