, 2008. Fibreglass stone and airplane. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Purchased 2011. Photo © Roman März](/images/content/menuSeeGallery.png)
Benjamin West
The Death of General Wolfe (Detail), 1770
oil on canvas
152.6 x 214.5 cm
Transfer from the Canadian War Memorials, 1921 (Gift of the 2nd Duke of Westminster, England, 1918)
National Gallery of Canada (no. 8007)
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Untitled, 1991
Manasie Akpaliapik
Canadian (Inuit), 1955
whalebone, Brazilian soapstone, antler, ivory, musk-ox horn, and shell
41.5 x 24.2 x 25.8 cm
Purchased 1994
National Gallery of Canada (no. 37354.1-2)
[This] particular piece is a hangover kind of thing; you're fed up; you have this bottle in your head; it's controlling you. I felt it's not just for me, but for a lot of Inuit who are caught in that situation. - Manasie Akpaliapik, Toronto, 1993 Alcohol and drug abuse are serious issues in today's North, and Akpaliapik is one of the few artists to explore the subject directly. For him, carving has the ability to heal.
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