One of Luke Anguhadluq’s most remarkable innovations is his distinctive use of mixed perspective, and Musk-Ox Eating Grass is a powerful example. The artist rotates the animal’s head ninety degrees, allowing us to admire its sweeping horns from above, as if we are briefly granted a bird’s-eye view. Even the groundline follows this visual logic, tilted upward so we can watch the muskox graze.

Printmaker Simon Tookoome translates Anguhadluq’s energetic drawing into the stonecut medium with extraordinary fidelity [1]. The muskox’s dark, heavily textured body is articulated through an intricate mesh of crosshatching, creating a dense, almost sculptural form that anchors the centre of the page. Encircling this mass is a radiant counterpoint, sweeping arcs of golden orange and bright yellow land lend the image a sense of rhythm and movement. The horns, rendered in luminous yellow, depart from anatomical accuracy to curl and unfurl with graphic exuberance.

1. See Anguhadluq’s original drawing in Driscoll, Uumajut, 1985, cat. 12, p. 55.

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