Annie Pootoogook

[David Morris]

The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian is exhibiting 39
drawings "that chronicle the realities of contemporary Inuit life by
renowned artist Annie Pootoogook." It open on June 13.


http://www.americanindian.si.edu/subpage.cfm?subpage=exhibitions&second=ny&third=upcoming


Pootoogook’s detailed work describes everyday life in her home community of
Cape Dorset, Nunavut. Her scenes of Inuit traditions include the less
romantic but real integration of modern technologies such as video games and
televisions as well as domestic abuse and tragedy. Her method, carefully
outlined shapes in black filled with blocks of solid color, recalls
traditional Inuit drawing while the subject matter reflects the unvarnished
viewpoint of her generation. Other drawings are more personal and abstract,
illustrating an emotional landscape of mental anguish, such as “Sadness and
Relief for My Brother,” and the austere but compelling, still life of the
artist’s prescription- medicine bottle, cup and a single dangling key in
“Composition (Annie’s Tylenol).” Cheerful domestic scenes such as a family
opening Christmas presents (“Christmas”) are depicted with the same
precision and calm attention to detail as the emotion-laden composition
“Memory of My Life: Breaking Bottles.”
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