April 15, 2013
Artist creates horticultural installation at AGO
The Artist’s Colony (Gardens) by Kim Adams is a true horticultural work of art, featuring green roof gardens, a vineyard, hop field and vegetable gardens.
By Larry Sherk

The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) on Dundas Street West in Toronto is featuring a horticultural work of art by Canadian artist, Kim Adams. The piece measures 122 cm high by 81 cm wide by 203 cm long. It is made up of miniature toy train cars stacked, passenger cars, box cars, hopper cars and dozens of miniature human figures about two cm high. The display is at the AGO until Aug.11, 2013.

miniature model of a city
Images courtesy of the artist and Diaz Contemporary. Photos by Toni Hafkenscheid.