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September 23, 2021 - November 21, 2021

This exhibition of the art of Itee Pootoogook (1951–2014) gathers together more than 60 drawings from the late artist’s 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-operative’s 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.

 

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Itee Pootoogook (1951 ‑ 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

 

α‘•α’ͺᓐᓇ α‘•α‘―α‘¦α“΄α…α‘Žα‘¦α“―α“‚α…α”ͺα–… ᓴᓇᐅᒐᖏᓐᓂᒃ αŠαƒα‘ ᐳᑐᒍᖅ (1951–2014)
α‘²α‘Žα–…α“±α–…α‘•α…α“―α’ͺα‘¦α“±α‘Žα’ƒ ᐅᖓᑖᓃᑦᑐᑦ 60 α‘Žα‘Žα–…α‘α’αƒα‘¦ α‘Žα‘Žα–…α‘α’α–…α‘Žα…α“šα…α–…α“―α’ͺᔫᑉ α‘Žα‘Žα–…α‘α’α–…α“―α’ͺᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ α“―α•—α“ͺᓕᖅᐸᐅᑦᓱᓂᓗ α•Ώα’₯α•α•ˆα“‚α–… αŠα‘•α–α–…α“±α’‹α‘¦ α‘Žα‘Žα–…α‘α’α–…α“―α’ͺᔭᖏᑦ. αƒα“šα’‹α”­α“ͺα“—αŠα‘•α…α“ͺα“—α“‚ ᐱᖓα”ͺᒋᔭᐅα”ͺᓄᑦ α‘­α–‘α•šα–‘α”ͺᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ α“΄α“‡α…α’α–…α‘Žα“„α‘¦ ᑭᙡᕐᓂᒃ, αŠαƒα‘ ᐃᑲα”ͺα–…α“―α“―α’ͺα“ͺα“šα•†α‘¦α‘α‘¦ αŠα“―α”Ύα”¨αΈα“ͺα“•αŠα“‚α–α“α“„α‘¦ ᓴᓇᑐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯα’ͺα”ͺα–… ᐱᓯα’ͺᔭᖏᑦ ᐃᓄᑐᖃᕐα’₯α“‚α’ƒ ᑭᙡᐃᑦ α‘―αŠαΈα’ƒα‘―α–α“α“‚ α‘Žα‘Žα–…α‘α’α•α••α“α“‚. ᐃᓂᕆᔭᐅα“ͺα“—α“‚ α“΄α“‡α…α’α–…α‘Žα“„α‘¦ ᐃᓱᖃᙱᑦᑐᖅ αŠα’»α’ͺα“— ᐸᐅᓛᓯ ᐳᑐᒍᖅ, αŠα“‚α‘¦α“΄α•†α”­α…α“ͺα“—α“‚ αŠα“‚ ᐳᑐᒍᕐᒧᑦ α–ƒα–αŠα•†α”­α…α“ͺα“—α“‚α“— α‘²α“ˆα–α“α“ˆ ᐳᑐᒍᕐᒧᑦ, ᓴᓇᖃᑦᑕᐸα“ͺα“•αŠα“•α“šα…α–…α“―α’ͺα”ͺα–… 1970βˆ’α–α“α“‚ α†α‘¦α‘α•‹α•ˆα‘Žα–ƒα–…α“±α“‚ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐα’₯α’ƒ, α…α•™α‘¦α“―αŠα•ˆα•ˆα•†αŠα•α’ͺᑦ α‘Žα‘Žα–…α‘α’α•α“‚α•α’₯α’ƒ α“‚α•ˆαŠα•α“‚α–…α“΄α…α“•α–…α“±α“‚. 1990 ᓄᙳᖅᐸᓯᖏᓐᓂ, α‘Žα‘Žα–…α‘α’α–…α‘Žα“ͺα“šα•†α…α“•α“šα…α–…α“―α’ͺα”ͺα–… ᑭᙡᐃᑦ α‘Žα‘Žα–…α‘α’α•α••α–α“α“‚.

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This exhibition was organized and circulated by the McMichael Canadian Art Collection

Guest curated by Dr. Nancy Campbell

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