Kenojuak Ashevak photographed by Della Rollins. Rollins describes the session on her blog: “I photographed Kenojuak in Yorkville during a show of her nephew’s art. She is 84-years-old and I watched her smoke at least one pack of cigarettes in the three hours I was there.
Now, I don’t want to condone smoking, but this lady looked so badass doing it. She made smoking cool.
Besides, she needed a smoke. Kenojuak is a celebrity in the art world. So of course everyone wants to talk to her, but she doesn’t speak English. Her daughter translates but after a while I can only imagine that it gets pretty exhausting so every once in a while she would hobble outside on her cane for a few smokes.”
http://dellarollins.blogspot.com/2011/11/kenojuak-ashevak.html
Kenojuak Ashevak’s “Eternal Spirit,” stonecut, 2011
Interview with Kenojuak Ashevak
source: http://www.civilization.ca/capedorsetprints/include/modalArchive.php?lang=en§ion=master&code=1
Kenojuak Ashevak and Qavavau Manumie in the process of creating the print “The Sun’s Return”, created by the stonecut and stencil technique
Date: 1992-1993
