Johnny Pootoogook: Views from Home
April 24, 2021 Drawing can serve as a vehicle for memory. Some artists use drawing to recollect moments from the past, while others utilize the medium to investigate feelings or even re-imagine events. The use of memory as a source of reference, rather than the commonly used photograph or preliminary sketch, leaves space for the artist’s interpretation—leeway for creativity and … Read More
Itee Pootoogook’s Photographic Memories
Exhibition opened July 19, 2019 Artist Itee Pootoogook (1951–2014) was known as Kinngait Studios’ most meticulous draftsman. Born in Lake Harbour (Kimmirut), Pootoogook moved with his family to Cape Dorset (Kinngait) as a young child in the late-1950s. Like many, he was born into an artistic family: established carver Paulassie Pootoogook was his father and artists Kananginak, Eegevudluk, and photographer … Read More
COMPOSITION (FOUR BIRDS)
Kananginak Pootoogook
Cape Dorset, 1996
Coloured pencil and ink
26 x 20 in.
