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Dear friends,
Please visit us in person or online to see our new acquisitions. Of course, we can only highlight a fraction of our selections in newsletters and on the website. If you are looking for a particular artist, subject or community, please contact us and we will be happy to assist you.
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We are excited to offer twenty-one prints from Cape Dorset, Baker Lake and Povungnituk, all from a single collection. All prints are handsomely framed, ready to hang on your wall. This exceptional selection includes five prints by Kenojuak Ashevak, spanning three decades of her career, including Flower Bird (pictured above), one of her iconic owls.
The collection also includes Mary Igiu's masterpiece People of the Sea (pictured at left), from 1961, with its dramatic profile breaking the frame of the image on the left side and surreal spirits reminiscent of Dog sees the spirits.
Povungnituk is represented by one of the earliest experimental prints, Legend, which features the intriguing image of a wolf-man in transformation (the left arm and leg are human, while the right limbs are vulpine) wearing a parka and carrying a fishing jig.
Please join us at the gallery for a reception on May 5 from 6 to 8 pm. The collection can be previewed online, but we urge you to see this dramatic selection in person.
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We have a small but choice collection of tupilaks in the gallery. The owner is a descendant of an Inuit art dealer, who purchased a number of tupilaks that were made before 1965. The collection that we are offering represents the cream of the crop, which the dealer kept for his private collection. They are in excellent condition. These tupilaks were made by Tiktalo Kuitse (from Kulusuk Island) and Poul Sikvat (from Kulusuk), although we do not know which of these were made by which artist.
Tupilaks are a uniquely Greenlandic artform. Originally, a tupilak was a creature made by someone skilled in sorcery for the purpose of harming its intended target. The Greenland Inuit then began carving replicas to show European visitors what tupilaks looked like. Tupilaks are constrained as to size and form, because they are made either from whale's teeth or from antler.
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About Us
Alaska on Madison is a gallery of indigenous art of Alaska and Canada run by collectors for collectors. We feature Inuit art of the twentieth and twenty-first century Canadian Arctic, two-thousand-year-old objects from the Old Bering Sea cultures, and nineteenth century art from the Northwest Coast peoples and Yup'ik Eskimos. Our collection ranges from museum-quality works to more modest but still excellent works for private collectors, whether novice or sophisticated. We also have a selection of books that will enhance your appreciation of your collection.
Baffled by syllabic signatures? Learn how to interpret them by using our guide, Deciphering Inuktitut Signatures, and our Inuit Artist Search Tool.
Regular gallery hours are Tuesday - Saturday 1:30 - 6:00 pm, but it's always a good idea to call or email in advance in case we have an appointment out of the gallery.
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