One of a sequence of five photographs taken on the island of Igloolik.
About this artwork
In 1988, at the invitation of the Canadian Science Council, Stirling spent six months with an Inuit community on Igloolik in the Canadian Arctic - the island's first ever Artist in Residence. Using photography and recorded sound, she explored a community which, although it retained its distinctive character, had to cope with the changes taking place in its midst under western influence. Stirling's work offered a challenge to traditional European conceptions of the Inuit north.
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artist:Ruth Stirling (born 1957) Scottish
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title:One of a sequence of five photographs taken on the island of Igloolik.
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date created:1988; printed 1994
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materials:Gelatin silver print
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measurements:30.40 x 31.00 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased from the photographer, 1994
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accession number:PGP 909.5
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Ruth Stirling
Ruth Stirling
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