Faculty of Art
Drawing and Painting
Jim Russell
Katimavik
Painting
2019
Ink on paper
11"x14"
This piece depicts the Canadian Pavilion called Katimavik, or meeting place in Inuit. I wanted to convey a foreboding tension and potential precipice that is modernity.
“Katimavik is part of a series of 22 pieces for my Ahead By A Century series about EXPO 67.”
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]