#kenojuak

[dailyhistoryposts]

Owl and Bears (1976) by Kenojuak Ashevak. Ink on paper.

[innervoiceartblog]

Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak (1964, Nominated for an Oscar)

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This documentary shows how an Inuit artist's drawings are transferred to stone, printed and sold. Kenojuak Ashevak became the first woman involved with the printmaking co-operative in Cape Dorset. This film was nominated for the Documentary Short Subject Oscar®. Directed by John Feeney Produced by Tom Daly Written by John Feeney Cinematography François Séguillon Distributed by National Film Board of Canada Release date: 1964 Running time 20 minutes Country Canada Language English Stars: Kenojuak Ashevak, Alma Houston License: Public Domain

[tunedouter]

Mother Earth, Kenojuak Ashevak (Stonecut-  24.25 × 36.25 inches, 1961)

[jolina44]

Wenn man seinen eigenen Stil noch nicht gefunden hat, scheint es gar nicht so schwer, den eines anderen zu kopieren. Heute zeige ich euch eine Zeichnung von mir angelehnt im Stil von #Kenojuak #Ashevak. #kleineKunstklasse #KlasseKunst https://www.instagram.com/p/CMUKxm6Af5A/?igshid=1wrwm4ixei22c

[egoschwank]

al things considered — when i post my masterpiece #898

first posted in facebook october 16, 2020

kenojuak -- "the enchanted owl" (1960)

“there is no word for art [...] we say it is to transfer something from the real to the unreal. i am an owl, and i am a happy owl. i like to make people happy and everything happy. i am the light of happiness and i am a dancing owl” ... kenojuak “her mother, silaqqi, named kenojuak after silaqqi’s deceased father. according to inuit naming tradition, the love and respect that had been accorded to her during her lifetime would now pass on to their daughter” ... wikipedia “i just take these things out of my thoughts and out of my imagination, and i dont really give any weight to the idea of its being an image of something ... i am just concentrating on placing it down on paper in a way that is pleasing to my own eye, whether it has anything to do with subjective reality or not” ... kenojuak “kenojuak remembereed [her father] ushuakjuk as a ‘kind and benevolent man’ [...] according to kenojuak, her father believed he could predict the weather, predict good hunting seasons and even turn into a walrus [... kenojuak’s] father came into conflict with christian converts, and some enemies assassinated him in a hunting camp in 1933, when she was only six” ... wikipedia “’shut your mouth’, said the wise owl business is business, and it’s a murder most foul” ... bob dylan “i am the walrus” ... john lennon “and ... christianity is christianity” ... al janik

[thealpacatastemaker-blog]

Kenojuak Ashevak, Sunburst Owl (2002)

Stonecut and Stencil

Inuit Art, Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada

[cwahi]

Kenojuak Ashevak’s (1927-2013) imprint on the Canadian cultural landscape is indelible. Although best known for her drawing and printmaking, she was also gifted at sewing, sculpture, copperplate engraving and painting. She began her career as an artist after recovering from tuberculosis in Quebec City, where she learned to make dolls and do beadwork in a hospital crafts program. Her work caught the eye of James Houston, who taught printmaking to the Inuit after studying the technique in Japan, and was an instrumental figure in promoting Inuit art. Her first print, Rabbit Eating Seaweed, earned her widespread attention after it was published in the 1959 Cape Dorset print shop catalogue, where she was the only female member in the shop’s artist cooperative. Her art has traveled all over Canada and the world, in exhibitions, books, catalogues, calendars, films, and postage stamps. Three of Ashevak’s prints have circulated on Canadian stamps: Enchanted Owl in 1970; Return of the Sun in 1980; and The Owl in 1993. The 1963 NFB-produced documentary about her life and art was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of best short documentary. Her drawings feature animals, such as birds, drawn in vibrant colours with exaggerated features. Over her lifetime, Ashevak has garnered countless achievements that honour her exuberant creative spirit. In 1967, she was honoured with the Order of Canada Medal of Service; In 1995, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the National Aboriginal Achievement Awards; in 2008, she was the first Inuit artist to win the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts; and in 2012, she was awarded the order of Nunavut.

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[ndnart]

Kenojuak: The Life Story of an Inuit Artist by Ansgar Walk i cannot go much more of my life without reading this.