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Artworks
ISACI ETIDLOIE (1972-2014) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
Loon Spirit, c. 2008stone, 12 x 7 x 5.5 in (30.5 x 17.8 x 14 cm)
signed, "Isaci / Etidloi";
signed again, "ᐃᓴᑭ / ᐃᑎᓗᐃ".LOT 46
ESTIMATE: $800 — $1,200Further images
Transformation and spirit imagery run through much of the art of Kinngait, where human and animal forms are often fused into singular, unsettling beings. Etidloie joins a sleek, finely articulated...Transformation and spirit imagery run through much of the art of Kinngait, where human and animal forms are often fused into singular, unsettling beings. Etidloie joins a sleek, finely articulated loon to a compact human head, binding bird and person into one continuous form. The loon’s long profile, sharp bill and patterned plumage rise above the compressed face below, setting slenderness against solidity, feather against flesh. The transition is so complete that neither element seems simply placed upon the other. Together they form a strange, seamless creature, poised somewhere between recognition and transformation.Provenance
The Inuit Gallery of Vancouver,
Acquired from the above by the present Private Collection, 11 October 2008, accompanied by a copy of the original receipt.
Exhibitions
Vancouver, BC, The Inuit Gallery, Transfigurations, October 2008, no. 19.Literature
The Inuit Gallery, Transfigurations, (Vancouver: The Inuit Gallery, 2008), cat. no. 19, unpaginated
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