Igloo by Mathewsie Iyaituk from Ivujivik
Igloo by Mathewsie Iyaituk from Ivujivik
Igloo by Mathewsie Iyaituk from Ivujivik
Igloo by Mathewsie Iyaituk from Ivujivik
Igloo by Mathewsie Iyaituk from Ivujivik
Igloo by Mathewsie Iyaituk from Ivujivik
Igloo by Mathewsie Iyaituk from Ivujivik
Igloo by Mathewsie Iyaituk from Ivujivik
Igloo by Mathewsie Iyaituk from Ivujivik
Igloo by Mathewsie Iyaituk from Ivujivik

Igloo by Mathewsie Iyaituk

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Artist:                    Mathewsie Iyaituk

Community:         Ivujivik

Year:                       1993

Media:                    Stone. Granite

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Description

This Igloo by Mathewsie Iyaituk from Ivujivik is an earlier (1993) carving from Mathewsie, probably situated between his traditional and more abstract work:

“When you look at my sculpture, you don’t understand all of it. For this reason, you have the freedom to dream. Everyone has opinions about art so I just put titles for each piece and leave the rest for dreams.

I started to do abstract forms in 1979. One day, I was doing a sculpture of a man but I did not like it. So, I just made forms on one side. Since that time, I have been doing sculptures using abstract forms.

I also inlay different materials such as caribou antler, or different colour stone for faces or other details like tools. The inlaying of bone faces is an old form of art used by earlier Inuit sculptors.

My work is in both worlds because the abstract forms I use are considered by many to be a modern way of doing art but combine the abstract forms with the old Inuit technique of inlaying.

Before 1979, I was doing my sculptures like the way I saw it done in Ivujivik, Quebec. I used to put detail on my work like everyone else until I fell in love with abstract form. It makes me feel good to work in abstract form, therefore I know it is the right form of art for me.”

Mattiusi Iyaituk, « Abstract Artist » (Artist’s Statement)

At first glance this carving seems to be just a piece of stone. A piece of stone with, at closer inspection,  barely visible the outline of an igloo, hidden and almost lost in a shallow dip in the stone. This carving named Igloo by Mathewsie Iyaituk evokes a lot more than the image of an Igloo. In essence it is a minimalist statement with not much of detail: a lone igloo on what could be interpreted as the planet earth. A lone existence in a vast expanse of emptiness. A strong statement to resilience. Yet, Mathewson has made a wonderful use of the inherit nature of the granite stone. One side bright, snowy, and an igloo barely discernible in the landscape. The other side clad in the darkness of the polar night. Meanwhile , waves in the stone, both carved and suggested by the patterns in the granite stone, insinuate a bitter, unrelenting, cold wind sweeping the desolate landscape.

Igloo by Mathewsie Iyaituk from Ivujivik  leaves with its simple forms a lot of room for interpretation.

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