Jerry cans with fuel, a caribou head, and drying Arctic char at a base camp for a Canadian Rangers Type 1 Patrol north of the Inuit hamlet of Naujaat, Nunavut. 2015–18, pigment print, image courtesy of the artist and Stephen Bulger Gallery. © Louie Palu
Louie Palu: Distant Early Warning
Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery
December 16 - March 9
Louie Palu’s project documents the vestigial legacies of the Cold War and the increased military presence in the North American Arctic today. The changes in the region are exacerbated by the many unknowns the Arctic faces, among them the warming of the planet. Over several years — from 2015 to 2018 — what began as a Guggenheim Fellowship evolved into an assignment for National Geographic magazine. Taken as a whole, the series of photographs examines the growing geopolitical tensions and changing life around Inuit communities in one of the planet’s most extreme and challenging places.
Louie Palu’s work was supported by funding from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, National Geographic Magazine and Pulitzer Center. This exhibition was organized and circulated by the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.
Open: Mon, Tue, Thu & Sat: 10:00 – 16:30, Wed & Fri: 10:00 – 20:00
Access: Location is wheelchair accessible.
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Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery, 4525 47A Avenue, Red Deer, AB, T4N 6Z6