Alex Fischer & ᑲᕙᕙᐅ ᒪᓄᒥ (Qavavau Manumie)Toronto, Canada | Yorkdale MallCollaborative commission as part of the Canada Goose Art Programme, curated by NAMARA
Canada Goose commissioned Story Tree for their flagship Toronto location. This piece was conceived as a meeting place where North and South come together. Story Tree unites Inuit artist Qavavau Manumie, known for his surreal drawings of Arctic life and his contemporary perspective on traditional Inuit knowledge and mythology, with Toronto-based Alex Fischer, whose work explores the Canadian landscape through abstract conceptual codes and speculative imagery.
The tree, a southern symbol of ancestry, knowledge, and enduring strength, grounds the piece in a familiar language. Story Tree’s limbs are in full bloom, with whales, polar bears, and Arctic char flowering overhead. In nature, human, animal, and plant life exist in harmony only when we recognize and embrace our interdependence.
Alex Fischer & Qavavau Manumie, Story Tree, 2020, detail
Alex Fischer & Qavavau Manumie, Story Tree, 2020, detail
Alex Fischer & Qavavau Manumie, Story Tree, 2020, detail
Alex Fischer & Qavavau Manumie, Story Tree, 2020, in situ Canada Goose, Yorkdale Mall, Toronto, Canada
Alex Fischer & Qavavau Manumie, Story Tree, 2020, in situ Canada Goose, Yorkdale Mall, Toronto, Canada
Alex Fischer & Qavavau Manumie, Story Tree, 2020, in situ Canada Goose, Yorkdale Mall, Toronto, Canada
Alex Fischer & Qavavau Manumie, Story Tree, 2020, in situ Canada Goose, Yorkdale Mall, Toronto, Canada
Alex Fischer & Qavavau Manumie, Story Tree, 2020, in situ Canada Goose, Yorkdale Mall, Toronto, Canada
Alex Fischer & Qavavau Manumie, Story Tree, 2020, in situ Canada Goose, Yorkdale Mall, Toronto, Canada
Alex Fischer & Qavavau Manumie, Story Tree, 2020, 15 ft h × 15 ft ∅ aluminium tree, acrylic paint, pine base with steel counterweight
2020 Alex Fischer Story-Tree 3d above
2020 Alex Fischer Story-Tree 3d angle
2020 Alex Fischer Story-Tree 3d blue-profile
2020 Alex Fischer Story-Tree 3d orange-profile
Story Tree, 2020, drawing
2020 Alex Fischer Story-Tree drawing 3d
Story Tree, 2020, location height map
Story Tree, 2020, location position
Story Tree, 2020, work in progress (Steve Ferrara of 'Well and Good' & William Huffman of 'West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative')
Story Tree, 2020, work in progress
Story Tree, 2020, work in progress
Story Tree, 2020, work in progress
Story Tree, 2020, work in progress
Story Tree, 2020, work in progress
Story Tree, 2020, work in progress
Story Tree, 2020, work in progress (Natalie MacNamara & Alex Fischer)
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