Itee Pootoogook: Hymns to the Silence
This exhibition of the art of Itee Pootoogook (1951β2014) gathers together more than 60 drawings from the late artistβs body of work and is the first full-scale retrospective of his art. As one of the key members of the third generation of Inuit artists from Kinngait (Cape Dorset), Itee contributed to the transformation of the creative traditions inherited from his elders at the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operativeβs Kinngait Studios. The son of artists Ishuhungitok and Paulassie Pootoogook, cousin of Annie Pootoogook and nephew of Kananginak Pootoogook, he began his artistic practice in the 1970s with an experiment in film animation, later adopting drawing as his medium of choice. By the late 1990s, he was actively involved in his newfound career as a graphic artist at Kinngait Studios.

Itee Pootoogook (1951 β 2014)
Valley 2011
Coloured pencil and graphite on black paper
50.2 x 65 cm
Gift of Christopher Bredt and Jamie Cameron
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
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Exhibition Organizer
This exhibition was organized and circulated by the McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Guest curated by Dr. Nancy Campbell
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