Inuit Art : the Original Art from the Indigenous People
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Inuit art is
the work of art created by the Inuit people living in the northern part of
North America. Previously popular by the name Eskimo, their works are also
called Eskimo art. However, as the term Eskimo has been deemed inappropriate by
the people themselves, the proper name which we should be using is Inuit. There
are several museums of Inuit art spread
throughout Canada showcasing Canadian Inuit art as well as many marketers of said
art.
Inuit Art : Graphics
The
two most common types of Inuit art are the graphics and sculptures. The
styles that have been adopted and widely used by the Inuit artists are
naturalistic and abstract. These styles are usually used in depicting
traditional animals or beliefs of the people in the artwork. The Inuit art graphic style popularly practiced are
stenciling and block printing. In block printing, stone was commonly used since
the early 1950s. This made a good choice as, often, the printmakers were
carvers who had been familiar with stone. However, when in mid 1980s an artist
experimented on slate meant for pool tables, this kind of slate has been used
since. The final stage of the block printing is the combined work and wisdom of
the printmaker or stone carver as well as the artist. Inuit Art : Sculptures
Sculptures
as part of Inuit art has been created even
before the Inuit contact with the other parts of the world. And until today,
the Inuit have been continuing to make Inuit art
carvings by hand. Axes and files are said to give the artists more control over
the medium they are working on. In carving, the final stage will be the
polishing using waterproof sandpaper and many hours of rubbing.
Referring
to the historic journey, the Inuit people used to prefer walrus ivory as the
medium for Inuit art sculpture. The rise of the market for Inuit art in 1945 makes printed artwork and
figurative artwork in argillite, serpentinite, and soapstone as relatively soft
stones have also come to popular use. The stones may come from the Arctic
deposits or imported from Brazil. Caribou antlers, marine mammals’ ivory, and
animals’ bones are also used as medium for sculptures in Inuit art.
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