Arctic Visions: Inuit Art from the Permenant Collection

Animal and human spirits frequently intermingle in the Inuit world view, where material appearance can dissolve and change in an instant into the manifestation of a spiritual being. The Gallery’s small but well-focused Inuit art collection of sculptures and prints has been acquired largely through gifts from Dalhousie alumni and friends. Notable among these works are a delightful greenstone bear by Pauta Saila (who is renowned for dancing bears), Towkee Maniapik’s Spirit, carved from a whale vertebra, Kenojouak’s striking stonecut print Blue Owl, and the rugged and monumental grey soapstone sculpture Mother and Child by John Kavik.