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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.

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Turn! Turn! Turn! 8-25 October 2008

  • Saturday Night Fever, 2008, kinetic assemblage, 11x8x8cm
  • Saturday Night Fever, 2008, kinetic assemblage, 11x8x8cm
  • The Navvy, 2008, kinetic assemblage, 12x8x8cm
  • The Navvy, 2008, kinetic assemblage, 12x8x8cm
  • The Three Graces, 2008, kinetic assemblage, 16x10x10cm
  • Turn! Turn! Turn!, 2008, kinetic assemblage, 10x8x8cm
  • Pinocchio's Dream, 2008, kinetic assemblage, 41x31x21cm
  • Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing? (after Richard Hamilton), 2008, 13x31x12cm, assemblage
  • Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing? (after Richard Hamilton), detail
  • Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing? (after Richard Hamilton), detail
  • The Wave (after Hokusai), 2008, 7x17x8cm, kinetic assemblage
  • Every Child Wins a Prize, 2008, kinetic assemblage, 33x32x33cm
  • Allegro Con Fuoco, 2008, kinetic assemblage, 11x23x8cm
  • View from a Room, 2008, 16x89x19cm, music box assemblage
  • View from a Room, detail
  • View from a Room, detail
  • View from a Room, detail
  • View from a Room, detail
  • View from a Room, detail
  • View from a Room, detail
  • View from a Room, detail

1. Saturday Night Fever, 2008, kinetic assemblage, 11x8x8cm
2. Saturday Night Fever, view 2
3. The Navvy, 2008, kinetic assemblage, 12x8x8cm
4. The Navvy, 2008, view 2
5. The Three Graces, 2008, kinetic assemblage, 16x10x10cm
6. Turn! Turn! Turn!, 2008, kinetic assemblage, 10x8x8cm
7. Pinocchio’s Dream, 2008, kinetic assemblage, 41x31x21cm
8. Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? (after Richard Hamilton), 2008, 13x31x12cm, assemblage
9. Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? (after Richard Hamilton), detail 1
10. Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? (after Richard Hamilton), detail 2
11. The Wave (after Hokusai), 2008, 7x17x8cm, kinetic assemblage
12. Every Child Wins a Prize, 2008, kinetic assemblage, 33x32x33cm
13. Allegro Con Fuoco, 2008, kinetic assemblage, 11x23x8cm
14. View from a Room, 2008, 16x89x19cm, music box assemblage
15. View from a Room, detail 1
16. View from a Room, detail 2
17. View from a Room, detail 3
18. View from a Room, detail 4
19. View from a Room, detail 5
20. View from a Room, detail 6
21. View from a Room, detail 7