Exhibitions & Events –

(And) We All Fall Down: Cautionary Tales – Miklos Legrady & Kasia Piech. Guest curated by Laura Arseneau. This exhibition pairs two artists: photographer Miklos Legrady (Toronto) and ceramic sculptor Kasia Piech (Hamilton) who train the spotlight on the dualities of evil and innocence. There is trouble in the world for their protagonists: "Evil Ducky", the rubber duck as trickster, who Legrady snaps in enlarged Cibachrome glory, out and about and up to no good – "Look out! He's lurking in the kitchen sink among the teacups!"
His photographs wall is in a decisively different sort of playground – one peopled by ceramic sculptor Kasia Piech's wicked little girls, pretty in pink yet standing on kindergarten chairs, wielding hand-guns, sights trained at each others.
Welcome to the playground called (And) We All Fall Down: Cautionary Tales. As the title suggests, each present a version of cautionary tales, flipping the morality card on us just when we think we've read it right. Playground bullies and child warriors are ever-present, lurking behind the big-box aisles and Saturday morning T.V. jingles. (And) We All Fall Down unlocks the lid to expose what lies beneath in each and every one of our private toy chests.
"Husha, husha, we all fall down."

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