Polymer clay figures at a food bank. The figure in the foreground in holding a box with groceries and wearing a blue mask.
Oct 20

Karine Giboulo: Housewarming

Enter a world at once familiar and uncanny. Montreal-based artist Karine Giboulo invites visitors of all ages into an immersive reimagining of her home at the Gardiner Museum. Brought to life by over 500 miniature polymer clay figures, this is no ordinary house. With the pandemic as a constant presence, the colourful dioramas furnishing each room prompt reflection about the challenges we face as a society, from food insecurity to the climate crisis. On the kitchen countertop, a line of people, masked and socially distanced, await access to a food bank. In the bedroom, the drawer of a dresser opens to reveal rows of masked factory workers hunched over sewing machines. In the laundry room, a forgotten iron causes a forest fire, forcing animals to flee their habitat. Direct and incisive, Giboulo’s microcosms articulate unexpected juxtapositions—playful and sad, poetic and political—prompting a range of emotions from delight to profound empathy.

Gardiner Museum

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Gardiner Museum
(416) 586-8080

111 Queens Park
Toronto ON M5S 2C7
Canada

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- [ Add to Calendar ] 2022-10-20 14:00:00 2023-05-07 21:00:00 Karine Giboulo: Housewarming <p>Enter a world at once familiar and uncanny. Montreal-based artist Karine Giboulo invites visitors of all ages into an immersive reimagining of her home at the Gardiner Museum. Brought to life by over 500 miniature polymer clay figures, this is no ordinary house. With the pandemic as a constant presence, the colourful dioramas furnishing each room prompt reflection about the challenges we face as a society, from food insecurity to the climate crisis. On the kitchen countertop, a line of people, masked and socially distanced, await access to a food bank.</p>

111 Queens Park
Toronto ON M5S 2C7
Canada

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