Kenojuak Ashevak : life and legacy
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Ryan Leslie Boyd ; Ashevak Silaqi ;
- ISBN : 978-0-7649-9818-8
- Sujets : Femmes artistes -- Canada 1990-2020, Artistes inuits, Art inuit, Animaux, Catalogues, Kenojuak -- Thèmes, motifs
- Langue(s) : Anglais, Français, Inuktitut
- Description matérielle : 1 volume (111 pages), : Illustrations en couleurs, jaquette illustrée en couleurs, 24 x 27 cm
- Pays de publication : États-Unis
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Résumé
'Kenojuak Ashevak (1927-2013) is widely considered a Canadian national treasure She was a groundbreaking artist for Kinngait Studios in the Arctic territory of Nunavut and ultimately a pioneer of modern Inuit art Ashevak made her first print as a member of the cooperative studios in 1958 and for decades she continued to transform the plants and animals of the Inuit world into radiant works of art After establishing her reputation in 1960 with The Enchanted Owlan image so popular it was reproduced on a Canadian postage stampshe worked nearly nonstop She contributed to Cape Dorset's print collection almost every year and completed countless pieces This book celebrates her life and legacy presenting a selection of drawings and the prints they were turned into An essay by Leslie Boyd author and editor of multiple books on the artists of Cape Dorset and a foreword by Silaqi Ashevak Kenojuak's daughter add context to the work Both the essay and forward are presented in English French and Inuktitut'