Inuit art: Transformation Spirit
Inuit Artist: Alex Alikashusk
Size: 12" tall, 4" wide
Community: Whale Cove, NU 4/25
Stone: Steatite
id: caps-99176857dejy
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Masterpiece Sculpture! Museum quality Carving!
Alex Alikashusk is one of Canada's greatest and most respected Inuit carvers
In the late 1990s, Alex's work began to appear in innumerable exhibitions.
Currently, his work is displayed in the Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG).
Have you ever seen an abstract form of Inuit sculpture?
What exactly is Abstract art?
In the early 20th century, artists like Pablo Picasso rejected the idea that art had to rely on forms resembling objects or things.
Realism was abandoned by some artists.
The idea of Abstraction (where art was no longer tied to references to the real world) became popular.
SLEEK is a spectacular Abstract Inuit sculpture.
He has gentle flowing energy.
He has two legs and arms but his neck and shoulders are twisted and more "suggested" than realistic.
Maybe the trick to Abstraction is that you begin to "feel" rather than simply see.
"Abstraction allows man to see with his mind what he cannot see physically with his eyes" - Arshille Gorky
Why isn't there more Abstraction in Inuit carving?
SLEEK would be an exceptional gift for the outside the box person in your life.
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