This exceptional display provides a whole new experience of Inuit art, with a selection of more than 100 works from the Brousseau Inuit Art collection from the past sixty years by more than sixty artists from Nunavik, Québec and from Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.
Conceived around the Inuit concept IQ (Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit in Inuktitut), the exhibition will illustrate the ancestral values, skills and know-how found in the culture of the Canadian far north, which artists have imbued in their work.
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David Ruben Piqtoukun, Bear Shaman, 1985. Steatite, ivory, horn, 38,1 x 34 x 16,1 cm. Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Brousseau Inuit Art Collection, gift of Raymond Brousseau.
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Judas Ullulaq, Musk-ox with Human Face, 1994. Pyroxenite, musk-ox horn, caribou antler, alabaster, 41,4 x 49,3 x 54,7 cm. Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Brousseau Inuit Art Collection, purchased with a special contribution from Hydro-Québec.
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Osuitok Ipeelee, Sedna, Goddess of the Sea, 1996. Serpentinite, 31,8 x 42 x 15,6 cm. Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Brousseau Inuit Art Collection, gift of Galerie Brousseau et Brousseau inc.
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Goota Ashoona, Grandmother Playing Accordion, 2002. Whalebone, 7,8 x 9,6 x 6,5 cm. Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Brousseau Inuit Art Collection, purchased with a special contribution from Hydro-Québec.
Through texts and audio-visual information, such as interviews with contemporary Inuit artists, the exhibition presents visitors with a unique museum experience full of meaning and knowledge based on one of the most renowned collections of its kind in the world.
digital publication around the exhibition
inuit art: the brousseau collection
Collection Brousseau (La)
Iglolioorte, Heather
Editor: Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
Price: 19, 95 $
Published on June 27, 2016
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