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Toledo Museum of Art’s Small Worlds exhibition offers new perspectives on size, scale

TOLEDO, OH.- The Toledo Museum of Art challenges us to look at the world from new perspectives through its Small Worlds exhibition on view Nov. 18, 2011–March 25, 2012. Five contemporary artists in the exhibition offer engaging works that create an intimate space or environment or show scenes which are familiar but perhaps slightly askew. Intricate and intriguing, the drawings, relief paintings, photography and sculpture explore the realms of the home, the studio, the neighborhood, the city and the natural world, said Amy Gilman, curator of contemporary art, associate director of the Museum and organizer of the exhibition. “The artists encourage the viewer to consider space and perspective in different ways,” said Gilman. “We may feel oversized when peering at Gregory Euclide’s miniature eco-