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Aqjangajuk Shaa
Aqjangajuk Shaa (17 March 1937 – 2019) was an Inuit artist.[1] He was born at Shartoweetuk camp near Cape Dorset, Nunavut.[1]
He is known for his stone carvings, including a pink granite inuksuk that currently stands at the Scott Polar Research Institute.[2][3] He also made one print, Wounded Caribou, in 1967.[1][4] His brother Kavavaow Mannomee (born 1958) is also an artist.[5]
He was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2003.[6]
His work is held in a variety of museums, including the Portland Art Museum[7] the University of Michigan Museum of Art,[8] the University of Lethbridge Art Collection,[1] the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts,[4] and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[9]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Jean Blodgett (August 20, 2019). Aqjangajuk Shaa. The Canadian Encyclopedia.
- ^ Cambridge Scott Polar Inuit 'muffin top' sculpture fixed (2 June 2019). BBC.
- ^ The Inukshuk is Back!. Scott Polar Research Institute, accessed 22 December 2020.
- ^ a b Wounded Caribou. Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, accessed 22 December 2020.
- ^ KAVAVAOW MANNOMEE. ABoriginArt Galleries, accessed 6 January 2021.
- ^ Aqjangajuk Shaa. Inuit Art Foundation, accessed 22 December 2020.
- ^ Aqjangajuk Shaa. Portland Art Museum, accessed 22 December 2020.
- ^ Ulu. UMMA, accessed 22 December 2020.
- ^ Stone Bird. The Met, accessed 22 December 2020.
External links edit
- Artnet