Carl Beam (1943–2005), Medicine ’84, 1984, photo etching on paper, 121.5 x 80.4 cm, Purchase 1985, McMichael Canadian Art Collection,1985.29.7

Carl Beam: Time Traveller features a selection of works on paper by Ojibwe artist Carl Beam (1943–2005) drawn from the McMichael’s permanent collection. Beam’s combined-use of family photographs, images from archival sources and news media suggests the interplay of past and present in his complex experience of twentieth century life, placing the condition of Indigenous peoples within a global context.