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Percy Avugiak is the featured artist for June and July 2012 at theAlaska Native Arts Foundation in downtown Anchorage. His show,titled Dance, Drum, Sing and Storytelling, illustrates vibrantmoving colors depicting cultural performances in abstractpaintings. Avugiak, whose Yup ik name is Apurin, is of Inupiat andYup ik ancestry from the Alaska communities of Chefornak and WhiteMountain. He received his bachelor' degree in painting from theUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks.
While in Fairbanks, Avugiak joinedthe Inu-Yupiaq Dance and Drummers Group. Avugiak s show at ANAF is inspired by Alaska Native dancing, afterhe watched and performed at some of Alaska s biggest culturalfestivals, such as the Camai Festival in Bethel, Kivgik in Barrow,the Festival of Native Arts in Fairbanks and Quyana Alaska at theannual Alaska Federation of Natives Convention in Anchorage. Generations ago in Alaska, Native dancing was forbidden. Avugiak sartwork represents a modern resurgence of dance. In college, hesaid he observed young people who had never danced in theirvillages join the dance group.
Today, some have formed their owndance groups. My best work is deeply rooted from watching and participating inNative dance festivals and gatherings, he said. Initially, Avugiak painted landscapes. His current distinctpainting style happened by accident.
He misplaced his glasses andcouldn t see well, so he was using broad strokes with brightcolors. When he found his glasses, he had also found his new style. His paintings depict people dressed in traditional clothing,wearing traditional masks, and arranged dancing in vibrant, movingcolors. The paintings show different brush strokes and layers ofshades, colors and hues, keeping a balance of color and movement.
He counts among his influences painter Ken Lisbourne, Inupiat fromPoint Hope, and his instructors in college, -- Alutiiq/Sugpiaqpainter and sculptor, Alvin Amason and painter David Mallut. Inaddition to painting, Avugiak also carves ivory, wood andsoapstone. In his first show at ANAF, each piece has a unique story. WalrusDance is a large-scale painting depicting a herd of walrus on anice floe with two people dancing wearing walrus masks, whiledrummers play in the background.
In the painting Sun, Moon andStars, he drew inspiration from looking through Yup ik maskbooks. Abstract art is always interesting to me because Alaskan Nativecultures have always produced arts containing abstract elements, Avugiak said. My abstract work tends to focus and explore on theview of Alaskan Native, traditional and cultural values in NativeDance, storytelling, performances, songs, celebration andhistory. Visit the Alaska Native Arts Foundation in June and July and getthe feeling of being in the front row of a Native danceperformance.
Trina Landlord is the Executive Director of the Alaska Native ArtsFoundation. She can be reached at trina(at)alaskanativearts.org. I am an expert from Luggage & Travel Bags, usually analyzes all kind of industries situation, such as oak fireplace mantels , laminated particle board.
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