John Pangnark (original) (raw)
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- Zepp, Norman. "John Pangnark". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 04 March 2015, Historica Canada. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/john-pangnark. Accessed 23 October 2024.
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- Zepp, N. (2015). John Pangnark. In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/john-pangnark
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- Zepp, Norman. "John Pangnark." The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published January 30, 2008; Last Edited March 04, 2015.
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- The Canadian Encyclopedia, s.v. "John Pangnark," by Norman Zepp, Accessed October 23, 2024, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/john-pangnark
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Published Online January 30, 2008
Last Edited March 4, 2015
John Pangnark, sculptor (b at Windy Lk, NWT 1920; d at Rankin Inlet, NWT 1980). An inland Kivallirmiut (Caribou) Inuit, Pangnark was relocated in the late 1950s to Eskimo Point (now Arviat), where he spent his later years carving.
Inuit artist John Pangnark at Arviat (courtesy DIAND).
Represented in the Sculpture/Inuit exhibition of 1971 to 1973, Pangnark was one of 4 Inuit artists chosen to go to Expo 70 in Osaka, Japan. Because of his preoccupation with resolving formal concerns, often at the expense of easily recognizable subject matter, his sculpture is unlike the narrative and naturalistic work of much contemporary Inuit sculpture. His highly individualized abstractions are most appreciated by the critic who sees, outwardly at least, similarities to 20th-century abstract sculpture.