Kellypalik Mungitok (also known as Mungitok Kellypalik, Mungituk, Mangitak, Mangitak Qillipalik, or Mungitok Killipalik)[1][2][3] (1940–?) was an Inuit printmaker from Cape Dorset.[4]
Early life
editAs a child, Mungitok learned to hunt from his father, Oshutsiaq Pudlat, a lay minister.[3] His paternal grandmother was a shaman.[3] Around 1958, he and his parents moved to Cape Dorset.[3]
Career
editHe was known for his prints, but also worked in sculpture.[5][6] One of his best-known prints, Man Carried to the Moon, depicts birds carrying a smiling man into the air.[7][8][9]
Mungitok was married.[10]
Collections
editReferences
edit- ^ "Inuit Sculpture: London Messums Wiltshire" (PDF).
- ^ Camper, Fred (5 August 1993). "The Myth of Authenticity". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
- ^ a b c d McElroy, Ann (2007-10-08). Nunavut Generations: Change and Continuity in Canadian Inuit Communities. Waveland Press. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-4786-0961-2.
- ^ a b "Mungitok Kellypalik". www.gallery.ca. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
- ^ a b "Civilization.ca | Inuit Prints: Japanese Inspiration". www.historymuseum.ca. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
- ^ "MUNGITOK KELLYPALIK (1940-2014) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET), Standing Polar Bear". First Arts. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
- ^ "Inventory Detail Page". Waddingtons.ca. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
- ^ a b "Brooklyn Museum". www.brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
- ^ Crandall, Richard C.; Crandall, Susan M. (2015-07-25). An Annotated Bibliography of Inuit Art. McFarland. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-4766-0743-6.
- ^ "KATILVIK - Artwork GEESE RISING by Kellypalik Mangitak". www.katilvik.com. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
- ^ "Sled Dog | National Museum of the American Indian". americanindian.si.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
- ^ "Print | National Museum of the American Indian". americanindian.si.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
- ^ "Exchange: Canada Geese". exchange.umma.umich.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
- ^ "Exchange: Canada Goose Nesting". exchange.umma.umich.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
- ^ Harney, Elizabeth; Phillips, Ruth B. (2018-11-01). Mapping Modernisms: Art, Indigeneity, Colonialism. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-7261-5.
- ^ "Search the Collections | Canadian Museum of History". Retrieved 2021-01-25.
- ^ "CAPTURING A POWERFUL BIRD". collection.museumlondon.ca. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
- ^ "U978.11.1 - Man Carried to the Moon". collectionlegacy.uvic.ca. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
- ^ "Brooklyn Museum: Panel Discussion: The Art of Cape Dorset". www.brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
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