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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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Last Call for the Cape Dorset 2013 Print Collection
This year's print collection includes seven prints by Kenojuak Ashevak and six prints by Ningeokuluk Teevee, as well as prints by old masters like Pitaloosie Saila and Ohotaq Mikkigak side by side with works by relative newcomers like Nicotye Samayualie and Samaiyu Akesuk. You can preview the collection online.
Sales of the print collection will end on November 30.
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On a personal note . . .
Thank you to everyone who has inquired after my fractured kneecap, which is healing well. We hope to resume normal hours (Tuesday - Saturday 1-6 pm) by Thanksgiving. However, if you are planning to visit us this month, please contact us to be sure that the gallery will be open when you come. Email is the fastest way to reach us during this time.
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An unusual camp scene by Axangayu Shaa
This is an unusual intimate camp scene by master carver Axangayu Shaa (b. 1937). Shaa started carving in the mid-1950's, and is now one of the most senior active artists in Cape Dorset.
The igloo is composed of separate blocks of serpentine, glued and pegged on the inside. An ivory kayak is sitting on a komatik (sled) and mounted on pegs on the side of the igloo. A frame for stretching skins and a sealskin float are also mounted on pegs. (Such items were mounted on the igloo in order to keep them away from the dogs.) In front of the igloo, a man runs to meet a woman who is carrying a pot, while three dogs wait nearby. A pair of kamiks (boots) is drying on a rack in the background.
The igloo is signed by Axangayu in syllabics, and the figures are miniature versions of his larger sculptures, clearly by his hand.
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 Views from the North: Drawings from Cape Dorset
January 10 - February 28, 2014
For the first time, Alaska on Madison will present an exhibition of original one-of-a-kind drawings from Cape Dorset. Views from the North: Drawings from Cape Dorset will start the new year at the gallery with a reception on Thursday, January 9, 2014 from 6-8 pm. Drawings have evolved from being merely the starting point for prints to being fully realized works. The younger generation of artists is grappling with current issues, like global warming, substance abuse, and the relationship between traditional ways and 21st century reality through their drawings. The artists represented in the exhibition include Itee Pootoogook, Tim Pitsiulak, Ningeokuluk Teevee, Shuvinai Ashoona, Jutai Toonoo, Ohotaq Mikkigak, Qavavau Manumie, Papiara Tukiki and Nicotye Samayualie. |
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Cape Dorset 2014 Calendars are here
We have Cape Dorset 2014 Calendars, which feature twelve prints by Kenojuak Ashevak (1927-2013), whose work was included in -- and became a mainstay of -- every annual print collection from Cape Dorset from 1959 through 2013. The prints in this calendar range from 1960's Hare Spirits to 2012's Red Fox.
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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.
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 1:00 - 6:30 pm, but please check with us first (see personal note above).
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