Jim Russell
Mask
Painting
2020
Original ink on paper unframed
11"x14"
This is image was based on a newspaper photo at the outset of the pandemic, while it was breaking overseas, before it had reached North America.
“The Climate of Untruth series was commenced in late February this year, and is the artist's response to the fear of the Covid-19 pandemic and our increasingly skeptical relationship with social media, politics and power.”
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]