White Dove Cleaners, 1942 ( Occupation of Point Grey Series)
Jack Shadbolt
The Occupation of PointGrey Series:
White DoveCleaners, 1942
graphite on paper
74.5 x 59.0 cm
BG1972

In 1942, Shadbolt produced a remarkable series of drawings that imagined an invasion of tranquil Point Grey. Surrealist, detailed and disturbing, they are about the nightmare of history. We can see in these drawings that nature (in the form of plant life) is animated by this nightmare.

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