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Now located on Water Street in Vancouver's heritage Gastown district, the Marion Scott Gallery has been exposing West Coast audiences to fine Inuit art from Canada’s North for three decades. As dealers committed to presenting the very best of northern art, both contemporary and older, the Gallery has been a driving force in the development of a stable, mature market for Inuit art.
Producing on average two major, fully curated exhibitions per year, the Gallery has been successful in raising awareness about northern art and artists, both in Vancouver as well as nationally and internationally. Between exhibitions, the Gallery maintains a display of high quality Inuit sculpture, prints, drawings and wallhangings, ensuring an ongoing presence for Inuit art in the cultural life of Canada’s third largest city. The Marion Scott Gallery will also be mounting exhibitions of contemporary art by southern Canadian artists.
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Major Sculpture: Summer 2010
7/17/2010 - 8/28/2010
The Marion Scott Gallery is pleased to present a summer exhibition of major sculpture from the Canadian Arctic. Opening July 17 and continuing through August 28, Major Sculpture: Summer 2010 brings together 16 works in stone dating from the 1960s to the present. The exhibition features signature works by such important masters Rankin Inlet's John Tiktak and John Kavik. Also included are minimalist images from Arviat by Lucy Tasseor, Andy Miki and John Pangnark, three artists who have been acclaimed for their unique, highly abstract visions. Complementing these works from an earlier era are more recent expressions from some of the North’s leading contemporary artists, including works by Baffin Island's Jutai Toonoo, Samuel Toonoo and Jackoposie Oopakak. The result is a focussed exhibition that showcases the grace and power of modern Inuit art as expressed through the individual sensibilities of some of northern Canada’s finest artists.
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Oil and Paper: New Drawings from the Studios of Pangnirtung, Nunavut
7/17/2010 - 8/28/2010
Works by Elisapee Ishulutaq, Jamasie Mike, Jessica Akpalialuk, Geela Sowdluapik and Jolly Atagoyuk
Located on the western side of southern Baffin Island, the settlement of Pangnirtung has been a vital centre for the production of modern Inuit art since the late 1960s. Known around the world for their elegant limited edition prints and expertly crafted woven tapestries, the artists of this former trading station have made a distinctive and important contribution to the contemporary art and culture of Canada.
The Marion Scott Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new works on paper from Pangnirtung. Opening July 17 and continuing through August 28, Oil and Paper: New Works from the Studios of Pangnirtung, Nunavut comprises over 20 medium and large-scale images. Produced during a series of innovative artist workshops that took place in fall and winter 2009, these striking works feature the use of oil sticks, a medium that has only recently started to come into use in the Arctic. The resulting images differ in many ways from earlier Pangnirtung art.
The exhibition features bold, colourful compositions by both new and established artists. Included are several works by Elisapee Ishulutaq, a respected Inuit elder and one of Pangnirtung’s best known artists. Taking advantage of the medium’s capacity to cover large surfaces, Ishulutaq has created several images that are monumental in scale, drawing imaginatively upon her memories of traditional Inuit life for inspiration and subject matter. The exhibition also includes works by a younger generation of artists, whose imagery and concerns reveal a more modern sensibility shaped by current realities.
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