Jim Russell
Hotel
Painting
2020
Original ink on paper unframed
11"x14"
Hotel is based on a screen grab from a 1970's soft core porn film.
“Meetings are rarely what meets the eye. The Meetings series examines the unexpected layers, dynamics, and back stories that are created when people come together. The images for the Meetings series are based on photograph, film and video footage sources in order to create questions about the context and motivations for the various meetings, as well as their method of capture.”
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]