blog writing #observations and reactions that accompany the sketch

It is my first time glancing over Screaming Faces, and I already love the architecture of it. The sculpture is composed of a pile of hooded faces carved from grey stone, with white ivory eyes and teeth, nabbed in a noiseless scream (Akpaliapik, 1991). Manasiah Akpaliapik is one of the Canada’s most celebrated modern Inuit artists. In most of the paintings, Akpaliapik illustrates human connection to animals, Inuit legends and shamanism, as well as social issues threatening Inuit societies. He also integrates facets of his individual narrative, seeing carving a healing practice.