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My name is Arnaktauyok : the life and art of Germaine Arnaktauyok / by Germaine Arnaktauyok and Gyu Oh.
Fine Arts Library N6549.A763 A2 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arnaktauyok, Germaine, author, artist.
- Oh, Gyu, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Inuit artists--Canada--Biography.
- Inuit artists.
- Inuit art--Canada.
- Inuit art.
- Inuit women artists--Biography.
- Inuit women artists.
- Arnaktauyok, Germaine.
- Canada.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel 7494)
- Physical Description:
- 133 pages : colour illustrations ; 22 x 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Iqaluit, Nunavut : Inhabit Media Inc., [2015]
- Summary:
- "Germaine Arnaktauyok is one of the Canadian North's most prolific and recognizable artists. In this book, she tells the story of her life in her own words: her 'very traditional Inuk life' growing up in Nunavut at a camp near Igloolik, and her experiences later in a residential school in Chesterfield Inlet; her education as an artist in Winnipeg and Ottawa; and her return to the North, where she continues to create drawings, etchings, and illustrations that have been featured in museums and galleries worldwide"-- Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Foreword / by Kyra Vladykov Fisher
- Chapter 1: my name is Arnaktauyok
- Chapter 2: Anaanaga, Ataataga
- Chapter 3: my traditional Inuk childhood
- Chapter 4: leaving home
- Chapter 5: the south
- Chapter 6: I feel at home here
- Chapter 7: in my studio
- Chapter 8: printmaking
- Chapter 9: drawing myths and legends.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- "Featuring over one hundred full-colour reproductions of Germaine Arnaktauyok's fascinating pieces from throughout her career, this beautiful book provides an in-depth look at on of the world's most important artists."--Page 4 of cover.
- Local Notes:
- Fisher Fine Art copy acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- Schimmel 7495: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
- ISBN:
- 9781772270006
- 1772270008
- OCLC:
- 885072555
- Publisher Number:
- 99990724623
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