‘CONTEMPORARY ART FROM THE ARCTIC’ AT DARTMOUTH’S HOOD MUSEUM

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HANOVER, N.H. — “Our Land: Contemporary Art from the Arctic” will be on view at The Hood Museum of Art, March 27–May 20.

On loan from the Peabody-Essex Museum, this exhibition features about 60 works from that institution’s important Nunavut Territorial collection of contemporary Inuit art, which celebrates the growth of Inuit creative expression over the past five decades.

The works reveal how long-held artistic Inuit traditions inspire contemporary sculpture, prints, fiber arts, photography and digital media that reflect Inuit societal values of family, community and worldview as expressed through Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (“traditional knowledge”).

Materials such as stone, antlers and animal skins are transformed into bold expressions of the inner and outer worlds of the Inuit, encompassing spirituality, seasonality, cosmology, identity and place. The exhibition is presented by the Hood in recognition of International Polar Year. An illustrated catalog accompanies this exhibition.

The Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College is on Wheelock Street. Visit www.hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu or call 603-646-2808 for information.