Tag: diorama

Quick Hits – The Memorialist

By on • ( 2 Comments )

Andrew Downs’ Zoological Gardens opened in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1847, stretching over 100 acres that also housed regional and exotic animals. “The Memorialist” presents artist D’Arcy Wilson’s ongoing research into the gardens, which included viewing specimens prepared by Downs in natural history museums such as the Smithsonian […]

Giboulo’s Sculpted Democracy Village

By on • ( 10 Comments )

This miniature sculpted world is a narrative critique on the uncontrolled growth of third world slums – this one in Haiti.  Village Démocratie is the re-creation of a shantytown outside Port-au-Prince where residents shared fragments of their lives with Canadian artist Karine Giboulo.