Post by Okwes on Jul 2, 2006 15:17:32 GMT -5
Culture Clash: Inuit artist captures Canada's north-south divide
Born in Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Annie Pootoogook comes from a line of
Inuit artists. Like her ancestors, Pootoogook refuses to exploit
clichés of Inuit life in order to appeal to southern art buyers.
Instead, her pencil-crayon drawings explore how southern culture *
with its fetishization of objects like cell phones, Nike clothing and
Nintendo * has transformed the traditions of the north.
www.cbc.ca/arts/photoessay/pootoogook
Born in Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Annie Pootoogook comes from a line of
Inuit artists. Like her ancestors, Pootoogook refuses to exploit
clichés of Inuit life in order to appeal to southern art buyers.
Instead, her pencil-crayon drawings explore how southern culture *
with its fetishization of objects like cell phones, Nike clothing and
Nintendo * has transformed the traditions of the north.
www.cbc.ca/arts/photoessay/pootoogook