Inuit modern : the Samuel and Esther Sarick Collection
This is a retrospective on the transformation of Inuit art in the 20th century, mirroring the vast cultural changes in the North. In response to a rapidly changing Arctic environment, Inuit have had to cope with the transition from a traditional lifestyle to the disturbing realities of globalization and climate change. Inuit art in the latter half of the 20th century reflects the reciprocal stimulus of contact with Euro-Canadians and embodies the evolution of a modern Inuit aesthetic that springs from an ancient cultural context, creating an exciting new hybridized art form. This volume situates modern Inuit art within a larger framework that reinterprets the Canadian Arctic
Print Book, English, ©2010
Art Gallery of Ontario ; Douglas & McIntyre, Toronto, Vancouver, ©2010