LUKE ANGUHADLUQ (1895-1982) QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE), Musk-ox Eating Grass, 1973 #16

Perhaps Anguhadluq’s greatest invention was his personal brand of mixed perspective, not only in his arrangement of figures but also sometimes in his depiction of a subject. This is perhaps most striking in his portrayal of muskoxen, where he swivels their heads ninety degrees so that we can better appreciate their impressive horns from a bird’s-eye view. In this image, he has done the same to the groundline so that we see the animal grazing. Printmaker Simon Tookoome masterfully translates Anguhadluq’s energetic drawing into the stonecut medium.

References: See Anguhadluq’s original drawing in Bernadette Driscoll, Uumajut: Animal Imagery in Inuit Art, (Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1985), cat. 12, p. 55. The best introduction to the art and life of Anguhadluq is Cynthia Waye Cook, From the Centre: The Drawings of Luke Anguhadluq, (Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1993) and Marion E, Jackson, et. al, Qamanittuaq: Where the River Widens, (Guelph, ON: Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, 1995) as well as Marion E. Jackson, Baker Lake Inuit Drawings: A Study in the Evolution of Artistic Self-Consciousness, University of Michigan, PhD Dissertation, 1985; See also First Arts, Paper Pushers: Drawings from Qamani’tuaq, 11 May 2021.

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