Parallel title in Inuktitut. Published as an edition of 1,700 copies. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Mapping worlds / Gaëtane Verna -- Acknowledgements / Gaëtane Verna, Director, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery -- A message from the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative / Pauloosie Kowmageak, President, West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative -- Shuvinai Ashoona: another world out there / Nancy Campbell -- Exhibition views [color installation photography of "Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds" at the following venues: The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, 2019; Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown, 2019; Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, 2019-2020; Vancouver Art Gallery, 2020; and Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, 2020] -- According to Shuvinai / Tarralik Duffy -- Drawn into the thinking mind / Meeka Walsh -- Shuvinai Ashoona's perspectival fluidity / Michelle Gay -- Collision course: Shuvinai's Ashoona's unique interpretation of Titanic / Robert Kardosh -- Catalogue of works with commentaries on selected works / by Shary Boyle, Laura Demers, Jacques Des Rochers, Tarah Hogue, Chistine Lalonde, Frances Loeffler, Roger Malbert, Gerald McMaster, Sarah Milroy, Wanda Nanibush, and Jocelyn Piirainen -- Composition (People, Animals and the World Holding Hands) [commentary] / Roger Malbert -- Compositions (Titanic Plus Nascopie and Noah's Ark) [commentary] / by Gerald McMaster -- All Kinds of Spiders in Different Views [commentary] / by Christine Lalonde -- Sinking Titanic [commentary] / by Jocelyn Piirainen -- Earth Transformations[commentary] / by Sarah Milroy -- Shovelling Worlds [commentary] / by Wanda Nanibush -- Happy Mother [commentary] / by Jacques Des Rochers -- Untitled (Birthing Scene) [commentary] / Shary Boyle in conversation with Shuvinai Ashoona -- Audience [commentary] / Tarah Hogue -- Composition (Hunting Monsters) [commentary] / by Frances Loeffler -- Untitled [commentary] / by Laura Demers -- Tracing Shuvinai Ashoona's life and work / Justine Kohleal -- Exhibitions [of Shuvinai Ashoona] -- Prominent collections [which hold artwork by Shuvinai Ashoona] -- Selected bibliography -- Biographical notes -- Inuktitut translations.
Summary:
Shuvinai Ashoona (born 1961) is a third-generation Inuit artist based in Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada. Best known for her highly personal and imaginative iconography, Shuvinai Ashoona's imagery ranges from closely observed naturalistic scenes of her Arctic home to monstrous and fantastical visions. Existing somewhere between dystopic and utopic, Shuvinai Ashoona?s earthly and extraterrestrial worlds exist within a kinder intergalactic future. The book provides insight into her practice, with essays from Canadian and international authors, reflections on specific drawings, a select exhibition history and large-format illustrations, including installation images from The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada. Exhibition: Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada (31.10.2019 - 18.01.2020) / Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (22.02. - 24.05.2020) / Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, YT, Canada (04.06. - 31.08.2020).
Indexed by:
Indexed in the Native American Artists Resource Collection Online, Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives, Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, at the artist name level (July 9, 2021) http://5019.sydneyplus.com/Heard_Museum_ArgusNET_Final/Portal.aspx
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