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This exhibition features over 100 recent sculptures by contemporary artists from Coral Harbour. Known in Inuktitut as Salliq, this small settlement is located on Southampton Island in Northwest Hudson's Bay. As a result of constant migration from Baffin Island, Arctic Quebec and mainland Keewatin over the past century, it is a unique Inuit community whose fabric has been woven from diverse backgrounds and artistic styles. The successful assimilation and evolution of this heritage has yielded generations of talented artists whose work is astonishing in its diversity and imagination. The senior generation of artists most typifies the tradition of blending different backgrounds and artistic styles. Johnny Kataluk moved to Coral Harbour from Arctic Quebec as a child. Leo Angotingoar, born locally, grew up in Repulse Bay and was taught to sculpt by his uncle Mark Tungilik. Many artists from Cape Dorset have taken up residence over the years. The melding of the realistic narrative style of Arctic Quebec, the exquisite miniatures in ivory and stone of Repulse Bay, and the lyrical and imaginative sculpture typical of Cape Dorset, has resulted in a stunning base from which younger generations of artists are emerging with their own unique, dynamic and creative styles. As a result of constant migration over the past century from Baffin
Island, Arctic Quebec and midland Keewatin it is a unique Inuit community
whose fabric has been woven from diverse backgrounds and artistic styles.
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