May in the Window Box Gallery .....
BANKSIA SERRATA by Sarah Dawn Richardson Curated by Carpos Collective Window Box Gallery Gallery 1313 1313 Queen Street West, Toronto Wed - Sun, 1 PM - 6 PM I am a textile and bio-artist. I don't like the ordinary. I have a flair for the absurd, the gaudy, the surreal. I use fabrics, beads, needlework, and the use of biological beings to create visualizations of a world outside of this one. I believe art shouldn’t be confined to a visual experience. While my work is visually stimulating, my work is also experienced through tactile stimulation. My work explores the traditional ideas of craft, women's work, the hierarchy of biological beings, and the boundaries of fine arts in today’s artistic establishment. BANKSIA SERRATA was inspired by an australian plant of the same name, as well as fungi and molecular structures. I use fabrics, beads, needlework, and the use of biological beings to create visualizations of a world outside of this one. I belie