The Golden Age, 2011

The Golden Age

This exhibition brings together six artists: Dallas Bray, Rhett Brewer, Allan Chawner, Jo Ernsten, John Turier and me. It explores the concept of the Golden Age, an idea dating back to ancient Greece that describes an idealised time in the past, associated with peace, harmony and prosperity.

My work looks back to childhood, reflecting on the dream-like state that allows a child to effortlessly blur the edges between reality and fantasy. I have vivid memories of playing with my brother under the dining table, where a menagerie of plastic animals roamed and an electric train raced murderously around its track, causing certain death to any hapless animal that wandered into its path.

Interact with my work. Turn a handle or wind a music box, and watch Europa buck astride a bull, King Kong waltz or an astronaut spin for all eternity.