Now you might be asking, like I did, when I first got up and saw this headline..."Who is Annie Pootoogook and why is it so important that she died?"
Therefore I went searching for why and discovered that she was an Inuit artist, who changed how Inuit art is done or portrayed.
Usually when on see Inuit/Intuk art here in Canada it's a lot like this: Click images to go to the source for each
Usually when on see Inuit/Intuk art here in Canada it's a lot like this: Click images to go to the source for each
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Images about their gods or the stuff of old they they had in their lives.
Then Annie Pootoogook came along. Things changed. She did some of this
Then Annie Pootoogook came along. Things changed. She did some of this
But she mostly did illustrations/pictures like this, please click images to go to sources, thanks. Ms. Pootoogook came from a family with artist talent, her uncle, her mom, her gramma all "did art" in their own way. So it was "in her blood". :)
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See the difference? Modern life and living. Pictures from her life that she was living. Life in the street (she was homeless for a good spell). Places she would go to. Things that she had and what not. She used colour, mostly in solid patterns.
For a glimpse into her life, I found this post interesting reading.
Her work here on earth is done, her body was found this morning in a river. I found the story of her life sad, but her art interesting eh? :)
For a glimpse into her life, I found this post interesting reading.
Her work here on earth is done, her body was found this morning in a river. I found the story of her life sad, but her art interesting eh? :)
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