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Manasie Akpaliapik, Tulukkaujaqtuq (Raven Game)
Manasie Akpaliapik, Tulukkaujaqtuq (Raven Game)
Manasie Akpaliapik is a talented drum dancer as well as sculptor, and his interest in traditional songs is evident in many of his sculptures. He learned to carve in Arctic Bay but began his art career in earnest after moving to Montreal in 1980. While returning to Arctic Bay occasionally to reconnect with family and his Inuit heritage, Manasie remained in the south, settling in the Ottawa area. One of the most talented and inventive carvers of whale bone since Karoo Ashevak, Manasie invests his sculptures with a similar degree of emotional intensity but in a radically different style. Meticulously crafted and highly expressive faces often dominate Manasie’s complex and frequently large compositions
