Alootook Ipellie: Walking Both Sides of an Invisible Border *Temporarily Closed*

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Photo by Justin Wonnacott, courtesy Carleton University Art Gallery

Alootook Ipellie, "The Death of Nomadic Life, the Creeping Emergence of Civilization," 2007

ink on illustration board.Estate of the artist

Gallery 1C03 is therefore closed until further notice.

Our exhibition Alootook Ipellie: Walking Both Sides of an Invisible Border is closed, and its affiliated programming events -- poetry reading, panel discussion and reception -- have been cancelled. We may re-schedule the poetry reading and panel discussion for a future date and will keep you informed as information becomes available.

Alootook Ipellie: Walking Both Sides of an Invisible Border

Curated by Sandra Dyck, Heather Igloliorte Christine Lalonde

Walking Both Sides of an Invisible Border is a touring exhibition curated by Sandra Dyck, Heather Igliorte and Christine Lalonde honouring the work of Inuit artist and writer Alootook Ipellie. His widely read poems, articles and essays gave voice to important cultural, political and social issues affecting Inuit Nunangat. His hundreds of political cartoons, serial comic strips and drawings draw from many aspects of his career, demonstrating the importance and continued relevance of his voice and vision.

Alootook Ipellie (1951-2007) was born at Nuvuqquq on Baffin Island and grew up in Iqaluit before moving to Ottawa as a young man. He started working as a translator, illustrator and reporter for Inuit Monthly (renamed Inuit Today) in the early 1970s, and later was its editor. Through his widely read poems, articles and essays, Ipellie gave voice to important cultural, political and social issues affecting Inuit Nunangat, with humour and immense patience.

Ipellie was a prodigious artist, creating hundreds of political cartoons, serial comic strips including “Ice Box” and “Nuna and Vut,”and larger drawings, of which those published in his book Arctic Dreams and Nightmares (1993) are well known. This first retrospective of Alootook Ipellie’s extraordinary work draws from the many aspects of his career, demonstrating the importance and continued relevance of his voice and vision.

Curated by Sandra Dyck, Heather Igloliorte and Christine Lalonde.

Produced by Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario.