, 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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Charlie Ugyuk
Canadian (Inuit), 1931
- 1998
black stone, whalebone, antler, and ivory
53.5 x 36 x 28 cm
Purchased 1996
National Gallery of Canada (no. 38068.1-3)
In Ugyuk's work, references to both shamanism and Christianity sometimes merge. Questions about who is evil and who has done evil to whom are infused with feelings of anger and resentment. This sculpture reflects the view that Christianity was forced upon the Inuit and that in its misunderstanding of traditional beliefs, it has turned the shaman into a devil.
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