Lot 205
David Ruben Piqtoukun ᑎᕕᑎ ᐱᑐᑯ ᕈᐱᐃᓐ (1950-2026)
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Provenance:
Private Collection, Ontario
Literature:
Darlene Coward Wight, Between Two Worlds: Sculpture by David Ruben Piqtoukun (Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery), 31, pl. 53.
Exhibited:
Between Two Worlds: Sculpture by David Ruben Piqtoukun, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB, 26 May-26 Aug, 1996
Note:
Tunik was exhibited in the Winnipeg Gallery of Art’s important 1997-98 solo exhibition Between Two Worlds: Sculpture by David Ruben Piqtoukun, and was published in the accompanying catalogue.
Tunik, like many of David Ruben’s sculptures, has a deeply personal connection for the artist, who often investigated stories from his own life and family history. Speaking of the work, David Ruben said:
The face on Tunik is single eyed...when I was young, I was taken in by a family. The father was a man with only one eye. Tunik represented my bear helping spirit and my one-eyed guardian.[1]
[1] Darlene Coward Wight, Between Two Worlds: Sculpture by David Ruben Piqtoukun (Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1996), 31, pl. 53.


