David Campion and Sandra Shields, Survey Party, 2016. Inkjet print on vinyl, metal electrical conduit, aluminum.
Art Gallery of Peterborough
250 Crescent Street
Peterborough, Ontario
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Curator
Laura Schneider
“Grand Theft Terra Firma” tackles settler responsibility head-on. Campion and Shields disrupt the celebratory mythology of nation building by reframing the settlement of Canada as a complex heist masterminded by criminals and played out on the ground by a gang of greedy thieves.
