BILL NASOGALUAK (1953-) TUKTOYAKTUK
signed and dated, "BILL / NASOGALUAK / 2013".
ESTIMATE: $5,000 — $8,000
PRICE REALIZED: $5,124.00
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Bill Nasogaluak is one of several Inuvialuit artists from the western Arctic who have chosen to live and work in southern Canada. Interestingly, his works often reflect social issues and their effect on Inuit contemporary life. He is a master of realism as well, even when the subject matter is not entirely realistic. Here he captures the fluid form and movement of a polar bear whose two heads are both positioned naturally; one head is downcast, while the other looks up, alertly. Perhaps this bear is resigned to hunger one moment but becomes hopeful the next, as it scents potential prey.
References: For an interview with the artist see Michael Olson, “Focus On: Bill Nasogaluak, Masterful Apprentice” in Inuit Art Quarterly, (Vol. 17, No. 1, Spring 2002), pp. 30-35. For more recent work by the artist, see Bill Naogaluak: Shapeshifter, Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto, Ontario, January 2020. See also Gerald McMaster, ed., Inuit Modern: The Samuel and Esther Sarick Collection, (Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 2010), pp.216-217.
Provenance
Images Art Gallery, Toronto;Acquired from the above by the present Private Collection, Calgary, 22 Aug 2013.
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