Artwork Collection

Meetings

Meetings are rarely what meets the eye. This series examines unexpected layers, dynamics, and back stories that happen when people come together. Vintage source images are intended to create questions about the social and historical contexts for Meetings, as well as the unexpected methods and point of view of their capture.

Meetings

Painting

Waiting

Waiting is based on a 1970's era porn film.

Painting

Hotel

Hotel is based on a screen grab from a 1970's soft core porn film.

Painting

Boardroom

Businessmen gather around a boardroom table for a corporate promotional video by EXPO 67 train manufacturer Hawker Siddley.

Painting

Kiss

This image is based on a newspaper photo from the late 1960's. The artist made changes to the way the individuals are dressed in order question the power of clothing.

Painting

Invitation

Invitation was based on 1970's soft core porn film.

Painting

Secretary

Secretary is based on a 1970's era soft core porn film.

Painting

Doorbell

Doorbell is based on a screen grab from a 1970's soft core porn film.

Painting

Off the Hook

Off The Hook is based on a 1970's era soft core porn film.

Work by

Jim Russell

Drawing and Painting

“My work channels the photographic authority, nostalgia and the graphic power of black and white images in order to ask critical questions about media, relationships, power and Canadian identity. I...” [More]