As the Arctic s only ceramic arts studio, Matchbox Gallery is changing our ideas of Northern art
Studio founders Jim and Sue Shirley have spent 30 years helping to foster a thriving creative scene in Kangiqliniq, Nunavut.
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Jim and Sue Shirley have spent 30 years helping to foster a thriving creative scene in Kangiqliniq, Nunavut
Posted: Dec 10, 2020 12:00 PM ET | Last Updated: December 10, 2020 Facing Forward by Pierre Aupilardjuk and Shary Boyle.(Photo by M.N. Hutchinson) Facing Forward, a collaboration by Inuit artist Pierre Aupilardjuk and Toronto-based artist Shary Boyle, looks like an artifact from another planet. Boyle s contribution a porcelain, human-like figure wearing a colourful herringbone-pattern dress is seated, elbows resting on its knees, holding up its three heads. The heads, made by Aupilarjduk, seem ancient, with smoke-fired surfaces and vacant eyes. The piece is like a visual dialogue between the artists, unfolding at an unconscious lev