, 2008. Fibreglass stone and airplane. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Purchased 2011. Photo © Roman März](/images/content/menuSeeGallery.png)
Benjamin West
The Death of General Wolfe (Detail), 1770
oil on canvas
152.6 x 214.5 cm
Transfer from the Canadian War Memorials, 1921 (Gift of the 2nd Duke of Westminster, England, 1918)
National Gallery of Canada (no. 8007)
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Star/Pointro, 2011
Brian Jungen
Canadian, 1970
rawhide and painted steel on a freezer
276 x 156.2 x 77 cm
Purchased 2011
National Gallery of Canada (no. 43490)
Brian Jungen is known for his ability to shift materials into forms resonant with First Nation's motifs. Here a moose hide is stretched over a car hood and placed lightheartedly on a freezer pedestal. The sculptor was intrigued by the construct's resemblance to mid-century modernist forms. Incorporating this skin from his home territory Dane-zaa, in northern BC, " Star/Pointro " presents a newly autobiographical tone. Of the objects he selects he states: "I see certain materials over and over again in my family and on my reserve," he says, "...There's a language in those materials that I think a lot of people - especially in rural Canada - would, could understand."
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