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Some of the Baffin Island artist's drawings. The winner of the $50,000 Sobey Art Award in 2006 is reportedly homeless and living on the street in Ottawa.

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Annie Pootoogook, MEMORY OF MY LIFE: BREAKING BOTTLES, 2001/02 Ink, Pencil Crayon, Pencil, 20 x 26î

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Toronto's Art Gallery of Ontario and Ottawa's National Gallery are putting on book-end exhibitions, grouping artists from the early years with those doing contemporary work. The result is an artistic survey that tells a textured story of how life has changed in the North. This drawing by Annie Pootoogook is called Man Abusing His Partner.

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Toronto's Art Gallery of Ontario and Ottawa's National Gallery are putting on book-end exhibitions, grouping artists from the early years with those doing contemporary work. The result is an artistic survey that tells a textured story of how life has changed in the North. This drawing by Annie Pootoogook is called Dr. Phil.

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Family Gathering Whale Meat by Annie Pootoogook

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Annie Pootoogook, COMPOSITION (LICKING THE PLATE CLEAN), 2004/05 Ink, Pencil Crayon, 20 x 26î

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