Arthur Renwick: Mask

The relationship between First Nations people and the camera extends from the mid-1800s to the present. Arthur Renwick's presents photographic portraits of First Nations artists from various disciplines who were asked to think about the history of the camera and its relationship to the Indian. To undermine traditional Indian portraiture, he invited the sitters to look into the lens and make a facial gesture. Renwick's subjects offered fresh and often startling images that are neither stoic nor noble.