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DAVID RUBEN PIQTOUKUN, DANCING ON THE MOON, bronze, 13.25" x 10.25" x 7.25" - 33.7 x 26 x 18.4 cm.; 21.25" x 38.5" x 5" - 54 x 97.8 x 12.7 cm. (2 Pieces)

DAVID RUBEN PIQTOUKUN, RAVEN MAN TRANSFORMATION, Italian alabaster, African wonderstone, 8" x 14" x 7" - 20.3 x 35.6 x 17.8 cm.

DAVID RUBEN PIQTOUKUN, W3-1119, TorontoTRANSFORMING BEAR, stone, 2002, signed in Roman, 8.25" x 17" x 5" - 21 x 43.2 x 12.7 cm.Note: "I enjoy carving bears, I gain a lot of strength from the bears I create. I draw strength from them, like a spirit

DAVID RUBEN PIQTOUKUN, W3-1119, TorontoCARIBOU MAN, stone, antler, signed in Roman, 14" x 5.25" x 6.5" - 35.6 x 13.3 x 16.5 cm.

David Ruben Piqtoukun

(1950-)

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Biography

David Ruben Piqtoukun (born 1950) is an Inuit artist from Paulatuk, Northwest Territories. His output includes sculpture and prints; the sculptural work is innovative in its use of mixed media. His materials and imagery bring together modern and traditional Inuit stylistic elements in a personal vision. An example of this is his work "The Passage of Time" (1999), which portrays a shaman in the form of a salmon moving through a hole in a hand. While shamanic imagery is common in much of Inuit art, the hand in this work is sheet metal, not a traditional material such as walrus ivory, caribou antler or soapstone. Ruben's brother, Abraham Apakark Anghik Ruben, is also a sculptor. Fellow Inuit artist Floyd Kuptana learned sculpting techniques as an apprentice to David Ruben.