This exhibit was based on a recently acquired Italian collection of sculpture by the McLaren Art Gallery in Barrie, Ontario. It was developed as a traveling show with the Royal Ontario exhibit as its first venue.

Unlike most art shows, this one was created as an interpretive exhibit, drawing on the diverse content of the collection. Displays were created incorporating both bronze sculptures as well as original plaster casts from which the final sculptures were created, contextual period photographs and even original wax molds to help explaining the process of creating bronze sculptures. The minimal aesthetic contrasts and highlights the richness of the content displayed and focuses the viewer’s attention on the storyline being conveyed.

Since it was a traveling show, the exhibit was designed to require no mechanical fixings to walls or floors, with the displays creating their own environments. All the exhibit elements are demountable for flat-packing

Exhibit Design and Project Management – Adrian von Ulrich
Graphic Design – Adams & Associates
Interpretive Planning – Blue Sky Design

5000 square feet
Completed - 2001