MARION SCOTT GALLERY

SWEET INNOVATION: SUGAR-LIFT ETCHINGS BY TONY ANGUHALLUQ, KENOJUAK ASHEVAK, JAMASIE PITSEOLAK AND JUTAI TOONOO

June 18 — July 30


The works in this exhibition were created using a technique known as sugar-lift etching, a method of printmaking unfamiliar to Inuit artists until recently. Rather than working with etching tools, the artists have produced these images by painting—and in some cases pouring—a viscous substance consisting of India ink, Ivory Snow and Gum Arabic mixed with corn syrup directly onto the etching plate. (Some printmakers also add sugar, giving the technique its name.) This process, which allows each composition to be drawn directly on the plate, results in a looser, bolder and more gestural image than seen in the traditional etchings more closely associated with Inuit art production.


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