Ilya & Emilia Kabakov – Between Heaven and Earth & The Ship of Tolerance
May 31, 2025 - Sep 20, 2025
Ilya & Emilia Kabakov - Between Heaven and Earth and The Ship of Tolerance
Date: May 31, 2025 - September 20, 2025
Location: Oakville Galleries at Gairloch Gardens, 1306 Lakeshore Road East, Oakville.
Ilya & Emilia Kabakov will mount two exhibitions in Oakville Galleries and two public sculptures in Gairloch Gardens, including the infamous Ship of Tolerance. This project involves over a thousand children involved in the production of the ship’s sails. Opening events will include concerts and performances, including those by children. While the Kabakovs’ work has been deeply rooted in the Soviet social and cultural context where the Kabakovs came of age, their work still attains a universal significance and speaks to our ideological and socio-political present. Their exhibition and public sculptures at Oakville Galleries go on to ask us to consider our collective future. Through the eyes and spirit of children and with a spirit of hope, The Ship of Tolerance asks us all how we can make the world a better place.
A collaboration with the National Gallery of Canada, this is Oakville Galleries most ambitious project to date.