Inuit art: Mother and Child
Inuit Artist: George Auqsaq
Size: 15" long, 12" tall, 12" deep, 22 lbs
Community: Igloolik, NU 2210/25
Stone: Basalt
id: caps: 866002183hdjy
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George Auqsaq is from the remote hamlet of Igloolik in the Kitikmeot region.
Artists here carve in the grotesque style like this Mother and her infant child.
LIFE BEGINS is a stunning portrayal of a Mother and her child.
She is holding her child in a blanket over her shoulder.
She seems peaceful and serene.
BUT look again.
The blanket of the child ends in a fish tail!
The woman has long exaggerated arms and hands and her right foot is either absent or distorted at a very unusual angle.
Then, there are strange scratch marks on her abdomen.
Is this a symbol suggesting the baby may have just been born?
This is what great art is about.
It provokes discussion, and challenges the viewer to think beyond the obvious.
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