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Greenland Art has a claim to authenticity as each of the art objects is hand carved. Art, culture and nature are very closely related to each other in Greenland. Greenland Art includes several things like painting, sculpture, masks etc. Art has immense significance in the life of the local people.
Greenland Art is enriched by the handicrafts. Among various other things the figures, peoples and animals carved in walrus ivory, reindeer antlers or soapstone are famous. People run after Tupilak, made out of skeletons of various animals, sewn into a skin and lined with pert. It is a type of bad luck charm against enemies.
Soapstone Art is quite famous. For centuries cooking utensils, fishing tackles and oil lamps were made from soapstone. However now it is applied to jewelry, tupilaks, figures etc.
In spite of having a short history Visual Art has a great contribution to Greenland's culture. It started with the great Greenlandic drawer and painter Aaron, who depicted the ancient Greenlandic myths and legends in water colors in the middle of 19th century. Several artists were influenced by him.
From 1940s the Visual Art gave rise to two primary forms of expression. Providing information and depicting landscape. Foreign artists are also inspired from the natural world of Greenland. Thus the Museum holds the Danish artist Emanual.
The young artists have given a new dimension to the Greenland Art by creating such Art that provokes question and alters attitude. Newer forms of expression like photography, installations are getting merged with traditional techniques. Greenland Art has great value also outside the country.
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