Tag: Annie Pootoogook

Remembering Annie Pootoogook

On Sept. 19,  Annie Pootoogook was found dead in the Rideau River, near Ottawa. But while her death is still under investigation, her influence on the world of Inuk art is unmistakeable.  Pootoogook’s string of artistic successes over the past decade have transformed Inuit art, by using pencil and...

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Deceptively simple

Annie Pootoogook’s Kinngait Compositions is adjacent to a Baroque Art exhibit in the Agnes Etherington Art Centre. Beside its neighbour, the collection of pencil crayon drawings can seem childish at first. Intended as honest portrayals of her experience, the images are misleadingly simple. They speak...

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