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Artworks
JAMASEE PITSEOLAK (1968-) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
Tricycle, 2004stone, antler, and metal, 3.5 x 4.25 x 3.5 in (8.9 x 10.8 x 8.9 cm)
signed, "Jamasie Pitseolak".LOT 60
ESTIMATE: $800 — $1,200Further images
Following in the trailblazing footsteps of his grandfather, Peter Pitseolak — Baffin Island's first Inuk photographer — Jamasie works to expand and redefine what Inuit art can be. Jamasie skillfully...Following in the trailblazing footsteps of his grandfather, Peter Pitseolak — Baffin Island's first Inuk photographer — Jamasie works to expand and redefine what Inuit art can be. Jamasie skillfully uses traditional materials and techniques to create modern, everyday imagery that reflect contemporary life in the North. Interestingly, although depicting individual objects rather than interior house scenes, Jamasie’s works parallel the drawings of Annie Pootoogook. Here, the artist replicates a tricycle with striking precision. Its functional wheels and pedals are a hallmark of Jamasie’s practice, transforming the rigid medium of stone into a playful object associated with childhood and motion.
References: For a Vintage Bike by the artist from 2005 see Ken Mantel et al., Tuvaq: Inuit Art and the Modern World, (Bristol, UK: Sansom and Company Ltd., 2010), fig. 232, p. 220. For other examples by the artist, see Norman Vorano, “Jamasie Pitseolak: Coming from Today,” Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 1, Spring 2008, pp. 10-16 and Robert Kardosh, “The Object Truth: Jamasee Pitseolak’s World of Stone,” Inuit Art Quarterly, 2 March 2020, https://inuitartfoundation.org/iaq-online/the-object-truth-jamasee-pitseolak-s-world-of-stone, accessed 27 Aug 2024.Provenance
Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver;
Acquired from the above by John & Joyce Price, Seattle, WA, May 2005.
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