Katie Bethune-Leamen
Mushroom Studio
May 28, 2008 – April 15, 2009
Artist Statement
Mushroom Studio is a site-specific work created for the Toronto Sculpture Garden. Loosely based on the form of the Amanita pantherina mushroom—lesser cousin of the red-capped Amanita muscaria—Mushroom Studio is a fungus-shaped sculpture that contains my studio in its stem. During the length of its installation, this workspace will at times be in use, at others will sit poignantly empty. — http://www.torontosculpturegarden.com/currentexhibit.htm