{"id":443058,"date":"2022-05-06T19:08:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T16:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/this-winnipeg-art-gallery-is-a-monument-to-inuit-culture\/"},"modified":"2022-05-06T19:08:32","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T16:08:32","slug":"this-winnipeg-art-gallery-is-a-monument-to-inuit-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-winnipeg-art-gallery-is-a-monument-to-inuit-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"#This Winnipeg art gallery is a monument to Inuit culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a413644a9c7d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a413644a9c7d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-winnipeg-art-gallery-is-a-monument-to-inuit-culture\/#%E2%80%9CThis_Winnipeg_art_gallery_is_a_monument_to_Inuit_culture%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;This Winnipeg art gallery is a monument to Inuit culture&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-winnipeg-art-gallery-is-a-monument-to-inuit-culture\/#Skylights\" >Skylights\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-winnipeg-art-gallery-is-a-monument-to-inuit-culture\/#Qilak_is_an_8000-square-foot_gallery_whose_name_means_%E2%80%9Csky%E2%80%9D_in_Inuktitut_It_has_22_massive_skylights%E2%80%94one_of_many_ways_Maltzan_brought_the_outside_in_They_each_measure_12_feet_in_diameter_and_16_feet_tall_and_the_light_within_is_subtly_altered_by_passing_clouds_Visible_Vault\" >Qilak is an 8,000-square-foot gallery whose name means \u201csky\u201d in Inuktitut. It has 22 massive skylights\u2014one of many ways Maltzan brought the outside in. They each measure 12 feet in diameter and 16 feet tall, and the light within is subtly altered by passing clouds.\nVisible Vault\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-winnipeg-art-gallery-is-a-monument-to-inuit-culture\/#The_glass_vault_has_492_shelves_displaying_carvings_from_more_than_1000_artists_and_31_northern_communities_Its_three-storey_structure%E2%80%94two_above_ground_and_one_below_where_bone_and_antler_sculptures_are_shielded_from_damaging_light%E2%80%94showcases_conservators_curators_and_researchers_working_in_their_element_Exterior\" >The glass vault has 492 shelves, displaying carvings from more than 1,000 artists and 31 northern communities. Its three-storey structure\u2014two above ground and one below, where bone and antler sculptures are shielded from damaging light\u2014showcases\u00a0conservators, curators and researchers working in their element.\nExterior\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-winnipeg-art-gallery-is-a-monument-to-inuit-culture\/#Qaumajuqs_facade_was_inspired_by_the_icebergs_of_Cumberland_Sound_The_Skeletoned_Caribou_1974\" >Qaumajuq\u2019s facade was inspired by the icebergs of Cumberland Sound.\nThe Skeletoned Caribou (1974)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-winnipeg-art-gallery-is-a-monument-to-inuit-culture\/#Michael_Maltzan\" >Michael Maltzan<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThis_Winnipeg_art_gallery_is_a_monument_to_Inuit_culture%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;This Winnipeg art gallery is a monument to Inuit culture&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n                            Qaumajuq\u00a0is not just an art gallery or a stylish feat of architecture. It&#8217;s much more.\n                        <\/div>\n<div>\n                                                                        It\u2019s impossible to divorce Qaumajuq from Canadian history itself. The $55-million, 36,000-square-foot addition to the Winnipeg Art Gallery, or WAG, opened in March of 2021, housing the museum\u2019s 14,000 permanent pieces of Inuit art\u2014and 8,000 more on long-term loan. It\u2019s now the world\u2019s largest public collection of Inuit art, and a beacon of reconciliation reflected by its Inuktitut name: pronounced<i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">\u00a0\u201cKOW-mah-yourk,\u201d<\/i>\u00a0it means \u201cit is bright, it is lit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The work of finding a home for the collection began seven decades ago, when the gallery started acquiring carvings. \u201cThe WAG is 110 years old,\u201d says Stephen Borys, Qaumajuq\u2019s director and CEO. \u201cCan you ever truly decolonize a colonial institution? That\u2019s up for debate. But you can bring essential voices to the table.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:\u00a0\u2018Anybody want to drive this ambulance to Ukraine?\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles\u2013based architect Michael Maltzan, who designed the gallery, was inspired by a 2013 research <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> to Baffin Island, led by the WAG\u2019s long-time curator of Inuit art, Darlene Coward Wight. Attached to Qaumajuq\u2019s exterior is an undulating structure reminiscent of the Cumberland Sound icebergs Maltzan saw on his voyage. \u201cWhen I came back, the main question was: how do I make something that infers the scale of the place where the art is made?\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>The design team chose Bethel white granite from Vermont for the top two-thirds of Qaumajuq\u2019s facade, and flanked the first 20 feet of the building\u2019s perimeter in glass, which contrasts with the WAG\u2019s windowless modernist exterior. The glass also gives visitors an im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te glimpse of the show-stopping Visible Vault, a three-storey curved structure displaying close to 5,000 stone and bone sculptures.<\/p>\n<p>The spaces within Qaumajuq have their own Inuktitut names. Jocelyn Piirainen, the museum\u2019s associate curator of Inuit art, worked with the WAG\u2019s Indigenous Advisory Circle, Inuit Elders and language keepers during the naming process. \u201cThe entrance hall is called Ilavut, which translates to \u2018our relatives,\u2019\u2009\u201d says Piirainen, who is Inuk herself.<\/p>\n<p>Members of Inuit communities received an early preview of the WAG\u2019s collection, a space where the art of the North, their homeland, will be protected and celebrated. \u201cIt was wonderful to see them discover that their families\u2019 work was in our collection,\u201d Piirainen says. \u201cIt will hopefully inspire them to create things of their own.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Skylights\"><\/span><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\">Skylights\u00a0<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1236528 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Building_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"8144\" height=\"5435\"\/><\/p>\n<h2\/><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Qilak_is_an_8000-square-foot_gallery_whose_name_means_%E2%80%9Csky%E2%80%9D_in_Inuktitut_It_has_22_massive_skylights%E2%80%94one_of_many_ways_Maltzan_brought_the_outside_in_They_each_measure_12_feet_in_diameter_and_16_feet_tall_and_the_light_within_is_subtly_altered_by_passing_clouds_Visible_Vault\"><\/span>\nQilak is an 8,000-square-foot gallery whose name means \u201csky\u201d in Inuktitut. It has 22 massive skylights\u2014one of many ways Maltzan brought the outside in. They each measure 12 feet in diameter and 16 feet tall, and the light within is subtly altered by passing clouds.<\/p>\n<h2><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\">Visible Vault\u00a0<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1236525 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Building_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"8031\" height=\"4326\"\/><\/p>\n<h2\/><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_glass_vault_has_492_shelves_displaying_carvings_from_more_than_1000_artists_and_31_northern_communities_Its_three-storey_structure%E2%80%94two_above_ground_and_one_below_where_bone_and_antler_sculptures_are_shielded_from_damaging_light%E2%80%94showcases_conservators_curators_and_researchers_working_in_their_element_Exterior\"><\/span>\nThe glass vault has 492 shelves, displaying carvings from more than 1,000 artists and 31 northern communities. Its three-storey structure\u2014two above ground and one below, where bone and antler sculptures are shielded from damaging light\u2014showcases<b data-stringify-type=\"bold\">\u00a0<\/b>conservators, curators and researchers working in their element.<\/p>\n<h2><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\">Exterior\u00a0<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1236553 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Building_2-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1337\"\/><\/p>\n<h2\/><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Qaumajuqs_facade_was_inspired_by_the_icebergs_of_Cumberland_Sound_The_Skeletoned_Caribou_1974\"><\/span>\nQaumajuq\u2019s facade was inspired by the icebergs of Cumberland Sound.<\/p>\n<h2><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\">The Skeletoned Caribou (1974)<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1236531 aligncenter lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Building_Artwork.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"573\" height=\"424\"\/><br \/>\n<span data-stringify-type=\"bold\">This work by<\/span><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\">\u00a0<\/b>William Noah, a graphic artist from Baker Lake, Nunavut, is part of Qaumajuq\u2019s recent<i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">\u00a0INUA<\/i>\u00a0exhibition.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"single-article-title entry-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/To my mother: \u2018It\u2019s still strange that home, for both of us, is now a different place\u2019\">To my mother: \u2018It\u2019s still strange that home, for both of us, is now a different place\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Michael_Maltzan\"><\/span><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\">Michael Maltzan<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1236530 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Building_Architect.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1178\"\/><br \/>\nMaltzan is the founder and principal architect at the Los Angeles\u2013based firm Michael Maltzan Architecture. 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The $55-million, 36,000-square-foot addition to the Winnipeg Art Gallery, or WAG, opened in March of 2021, housing the museum\u2019s 14,000 permanent&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":443059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Building_2-3-766x431.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[71919,128890,67899,29035,94737,67879,128891],"class_list":["post-443058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-architecture","tag-art-gallery","tag-arts","tag-indigenous","tag-inuit","tag-society","tag-the-building"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}