ARTH 2060 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Art Periods, Alcoholism, Jessie Oonark
10 Apr 2018
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Inuit artists have maintained cultural resilience through their artwork since the beginning of contemporary inuit art period, despite many changes that threatened. Sizeable and growing body of inuit art that deals with and critiques the entangled impacts of nearly a century of colonialism and christianity in arctic, which includes residential schools. Inuit art can provide us with valuable insights concerning the impact of the onslaught of european culture in arctic during the mid-20c. Works also show how inuit artists have challenged that colonial legacy with tremendous grace, humour, and resilience. Inuit children taken from homes in large numbers. 1955 les than 15% of school aged children enrolled in residential schools, with decade up to 75% Encouraged to engage in artistic production, the focus was on creation of. Wednesday, january 24, 2018 artworks that featured traditional themes. Gives inuit artists great market opportunity: con icting - want them to give up culture but their culture sells.
