Window Box Gallery, Gallery 1313
Karen Grosman’s artwork explores issues of power. Inspired by Foucault’s writings on power structures she explores different binaries within contemporary culture and within history. She holds a BFA from OCAD University. Majoring in Drawing and Painting, Minor in Art History. History and politics are important influences in her work. Her work has been showcased in National and International exhibitions. Her ceramics are represented by Coastal Eddy Gallery in Laguna Beach,California. Collections include the corporate office of Tenenbaum and Solomon Law Firm, Robert Kananaj Gallery and private collections in New York, Vancouver, Toronto, Laguna Beach, Nova Scotia, Mexico, and Denmark.
Artist Statement: My work questions how, within society, the ugly can be hidden by beautiful glossy imagery, propaganda, parades, children’s books and other methods of brainwashing or influencing, methods which have been used throughout history. The Rebirth installation is meant to be a symbol of hope that whatever formof oppression a society, culture, individual or nationality is going through they can survive and strive.