Shuvinai Ashoona: Mapping Worlds brings together a selection of drawings by the acclaimed Inuk artist, over the past two decades.
Born in Kinngait (formerly known as Cape Dorset), Nunavut, in 1961, Ashoona comes from a long line of artists. That includes her grandmother Pitseolak Ashoona (1904–1983) and cousin Annie Pootoogook (1969–2016).
While many of Ashoona’s drawings have traditional Inuit motifs, she is best known for the imaginative way she incorporates these and other cultural references.
That has added to her sophisticated and highly personal iconography.
With imagery ranging from everyday scenes of her Arctic home to strange and fantastical visions, Ashoona’s brightly coloured drawings teem with life and blur the boundaries between fantasy and reality, past and future.
The event is organized and circulated by The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, and curated by Nancy Campbell, PhD, with assistance from Justine Kohleal, Assistant Curator, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery.
But you can see it at the Vancouver Art Gallery this month until May.
Location: Vancouver Art Gallery – 750 Hornby Street
Date: Saturday February 22nd, 2020 – Sunday May 24th, 2020
from: https://604now.com/
