The recent determination by the NHSMB that the Maligne Lake buildings are of national significance rests in the prominent role played by these log structures in the national parks of Canada and too, are
illustrative of the central role of outfitters, guides and the competing interests of the railways in park development.
This selection
of drawings and prints traces a range
of subjects, including: «Ideas Generation», where artists use the immediacy
of drawing as a means to prepare and refine a concept; «Systems, Architectonics and Abstraction», in which predetermined rules, structures and methods govern the form
of the image; «Expressions
of Anatomy», where intimate portrayals
of the figure assume a
central position; «Graphic Narratives / Surreal Legacies», featuring imagery from the fantastically bizarre to the comically
illustrative; and «Historia», which examines how drawing has been used to question the
role of photography in the mediation and construction
of historical memory.