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Artworks
![]() Exhibition view, Dark Ice, with works by Robert Kautuk (left) and Leslie Reid (right). Photo: Justin Wonnacott.
![]() After the Cryogenic (Snowball Earth), 2021. Photo: Justin Wonnacott.
![]() Exhibition view, Dark Ice, with works by Robert Kautuk (left) and Leslie Reid (centre and right). Photo: Justin Wonnacott.
![]() Near: Northwest Passage; Spitsbergen, 2021. Photo: Justin Wonnacott.
![]() Ice Wall: Facing Dahlbreen, 2021. Photo: Justin Wonnacott.
![]() Ice Wall: Facing Dahlbreen, 2021, Photo: Justin Wonnacott.
![]() Exhibition view, Dark Ice, with works by Robert Kautuk (left and right) and Leslie Reid (centre). Photo: Justin Wonnacott.
![]() Into the Ice: Bellot Strait (triptych), 2020-2021. Photo: Justin Wonnacott.
![]() Into the Ice: Bellot Strait, Sailing West, Looking South-West, 2022. Photo: Justin Wonnacott.
![]() Into the Ice: Bellot Strait, Sailing West, 2020-2021. Photo: Justin Wonnacott.
![]() Into the Ice: Bellot Strait, Sailing West, Looking North-West, 2021. Photo: Justin Wonnacott.
![]() Exhibition view, works by Leslie Reid (left, video monitors) and Robert Kautuk (right, lightboxes). Photo: Justin Wonnacott.
![]() Exhibition view, Dark Ice, lightboxes and digital projection. Photo: Justin Wonnacott.
![]() Through Time, Through Space 1, 2020.
![]() Through Time, Through Space 2, 2020.
![]() Disappearance, 2021.
![]() Through Time, Through Space 4, 2020.
![]() Through Time, Through Space 5, 2020.
![]() By Land, Sea and Air, 2022. Photo: Justin Wonnacott.
ᓯᑯ ᕿᕐᓂᖅᓯᓯᒪᔪᖅ | Dark Ice April 23, 2022 - February 26, 2023 Ottawa Art Gallery Climate change is having a profound impact on global ecosystems, and is most dramatically evident in northern landscapes and communities. In the face of these challenges, Inuit knowledge and community-building are increasingly at risk, making it essential to adopt a variety of approaches, in combination with Inuit and settler collaboration. Dark Ice demonstrates the intersections between the unique artistic, studio, and land-based practices of Leslie Reid of Ottawa, ON, and Robert Kautuk of Kangiqtugaapik (Clyde River), NU. Alongside critical curatorial work, the exhibition features photographs, paintings and videos of Arctic land and ice, and of communities and their experiences. Reid is an established painter and photographer who has travelled extensively and conducted in-depth research in the Arctic through the Canadian Forces Artists Program and the Canada C3 expedition. In retracing her father’s Royal Canadian Air Force mapping flights, undertaken in the early years of the Cold War, she became increasingly aware of the impact of colonialism on the North. Kautuk mobilizes drone technology to capture aerial photographs and videos of his community. He works at the Ittaq Heritage and Research Centre, and is a driving force behind the Clyde River Knowledge Atlas, a digital platform that documents and records traditional knowledge, while also encouraging community and Inuit-led research. Together, these two artists create meaningful research and visualizations that foster diversified perspectives around climate change. Kautuk and Reid’s collaboration combines their experiences to develop a dialogue that maps the Arctic and offers a promising path forward in the face of global warming. Text from the Ottawa Art Gallery webpage about the exhibition. Works by Leslie ReidAfter the Cryogenic (Snowball Earth), 2021. Near: Northwest Passage; Spitsbergen, 2021. Ice Wall: Facing Dahlbreen, 2020. Into the Ice: Bellot Strait, Sailing West, Looking South-West, 2021. Heartbeat, 2015. Uluriak, 2017. Zipporah, 2017. Through Time, Through Space 1, 2020. Through Time, Through Space 2, 2020. Disappearance, 2021. Through Time, Through Space 4, 2020. Through Time, Through Space 5, 2020. By Land, Sea and Air, 2022. Financial assistance from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the City of Ottawa is gratefully acknowledged.
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