Kananginak Pootoogook

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KANANGINAK POOTOOGOOK (1935 – 2010)

Cultural Background: Inuit

Kananginak Pootoogook, sculptor, designer, draftsman, printmaker (born in Ikerrasak camp, south Baffin Island, NWT, 1935). Son of the great camp leader, Pootoogook, he came to Cape Dorset in 1958, when James Houston brought printmaking to the North. He became one of the four original printers. Kananginak worked in all media, including silk-screen printing of textiles. However, he excelled as an engraver and lithographer, particularly of wildlife art, which he had mastered completely while retaining a personal style with definite abstract qualities.

Kananginak was also a prominent and involved community leader. He was instrumental in the formation of the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative and served for many years as President of its Board of Directors. He was also a member of the Royal Canadian Academy.

Kananginak lived in Cape Dorset with his wife, Shooyoo and their family until his death in 2010.
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Origine Culturelle: Inuit

Kananginak Pootoogook, sculpteur, designer, dessinateur, graveur (nĂ© dans le camp Ikerrasak, au sud de l’Ă®le de Baffin, TN-O, 1935). Fils du grand chef Pootoogook, il est venu Ă  Cape Dorset en 1958, quand James Houston a amenĂ© la gravure dans le Nord. Il est devenu l’un des quatres imprimeurs originaux. Kananginak a travaillĂ© dans tous les mĂ©dias, y compris la sĂ©rigraphie textile. Toutefois, il a excellĂ© en tant que graveur et lithographe, en particulier de l’art de la faune, dont il avait maĂ®trisĂ© complètement tout en conservant un style personnel avec des qualitĂ©s abstraites dĂ©finies.

Kananginak Ă©tait aussi un chef important et impliquĂ© dans la communautĂ©. Il a contribuĂ© Ă  la formation de la coopĂ©rative Esquimau de West Baffin et a servi pendant de nombreuses annĂ©es en tant que prĂ©sident de son conseil d’administration. Il Ă©tait Ă©galement membre de l’AcadĂ©mie royale canadienne.

Kananginak vivait Ă  Cape Dorset avec sa femme, Shooyoo et sa famille jusqu’Ă  sa mort en 2010.

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