Autobiographical Impulses and Female Identity in the Drawings of Napachie Pootoogook

In this article Berlo examines several drawings by the Cape Dorset artists Napachie Pootoogook. These drawings, which depict the artist in her contemporary life, differ in content from the majority Inuit drawings and prints of traditional life that circulate in the art market. Berlo suggests that bo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berlo, Janet Catherine
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Inuit Art Foundation 2007
Subjects:
Baker Lake
Cape Dorset
Marion Jackson
Inuit art
cultural memory
women artists
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative
Baffin
eskimo*
inuit
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1802/4087
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Summary:In this article Berlo examines several drawings by the Cape Dorset artists Napachie Pootoogook. These drawings, which depict the artist in her contemporary life, differ in content from the majority Inuit drawings and prints of traditional life that circulate in the art market. Berlo suggests that both scenes of both contemporary and traditional life are important for the cultural production of contemporary Inuit identity.

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