Miriam Nanurluk Qiyuk Family (detail) (1980) Stone 10.2 x 36.8 x 10.2 cm Courtesy First Arts
Sculpture
From stone to bone, ceramics to ivory and beyond, the IAQ examines the many types of sculpture created by Inuit artists.
This project is funded in part by the Canada Council for the Arts.
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Everyone who enters our living room stops and looks in awe at the green stone sculpture by Inuit artist Bill Nasogaluak titled Sedna on Cross (2006). Also known as The Death of My Culture, the sculpture’s strength is inescapable.
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Kinngait (Cape Dorset) sculptor Kellypalik Qimirpik (1948–2017) passed away earlier this year. An avid carver whose career was marked by important commissions, his sculptures of Arctic animals were exhibited worldwide.
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Rocks, Stones and Dust brings together work by sixteen artists to reimagine human relationships to rocks, encouraging a reevaluation of our understanding of rocks as stagnant objects.