Keyword: Terry Fox
Elevator with Terry Fox
Robert had used an elevator in a painting from 1985, Exit, to suggests the up and downs of a relationship between a man and a woman. He found the metaphor of ascending and descending worked just as well for patients who experience frequent
Terry Fox in a Dream
The small static figure in bed contrasts with the giant-sized energetic runner, Terry Fox, hovering above the bed. The confinement of patient triggers fantasies of escape and self-empowerment. This becomes a major theme of the Robert’s later “Illness & Healing”
Terry Fox
After Robert was diagnosed with cancer, he turned to Terry Fox as a source of inspiration. Terry Fox was a Canadian athlete who had his leg amputated after being diagnosed with cancer. Fox then started a marathon run across Canada
Terry Fox, Citadel Hill, Halifax
Terry Fox (1958- 1982) was a Canadian athlete who lost a leg to cancer. Despite his handicap, he started a marathon run in Newfoundland on April 12, 1980 and then continued in Nova Scotia on his way across the country. After