Corgi Leaves Home - a dog in a box
“Corgi Leaves Home” is a mixed media piece constructed from fabric, cardboard, recycled objects and acrylic paint. 52 x 45 x 10cm wall mounted. It has been created for the 2011 Blarney Biblioart Awards. The book which provided inspiration (and Corgi's blue jacket) is entitled Our Friend the Welsh Corgi, edited by Rowland Johns.
Artist's Statement
This guide to the acquisition and care of a dog is titled Our Friend the Welsh Corgi … BUT does Corgi have much say in the matter?
Would Corgis say “Our friend the Human Being”? One illustration in this book has Corgi looking far less than happy… Indeed, Corgi is sick of being man’s Best Friend. Corgi has had enough of being Royal and Loyal. This Corgi has packed his Corgi boxes and is leaving the picture, right now…
(NB – this work is not intended as a political statement, but please feel free to read it however you wish!)
The Corgi boxes are attached magnetically and can be removed for closer examination.
Artist's Statement
This guide to the acquisition and care of a dog is titled Our Friend the Welsh Corgi … BUT does Corgi have much say in the matter?
Would Corgis say “Our friend the Human Being”? One illustration in this book has Corgi looking far less than happy… Indeed, Corgi is sick of being man’s Best Friend. Corgi has had enough of being Royal and Loyal. This Corgi has packed his Corgi boxes and is leaving the picture, right now…
(NB – this work is not intended as a political statement, but please feel free to read it however you wish!)
The Corgi boxes are attached magnetically and can be removed for closer examination.
Boxed Englishmen
“21 Boxes of Englishmen (Crowd Control)” a mixed media piece for table top display. Inspired by the book "God's Englishmen" with drawings by Richard Doyle and commentary by Percival Leigh. It has been created for the 2011 Blarney Biblioart Awards.
Artist's Statement
The stories and pictures of God's Englishmen as first published in 1849, left me with no doubt about the fact that these people were a teeming crowd of out of control men and women who spent all their time eating, socialising, making music, visiting zoos, attending ceremonies, drinking, dancing, fishing and playing cricket (etc).
It was, therefore, my duty to introduce some order into the rabble. This has been done by restraining both the stories and pictures in the form of 21 small boxes.
There! We’re all safe from them now!
The boxes are loosely stacked in a royal looking tin. A small pocket at the back of the book's cover contains information about and relics of the actual book.
Artist's Statement
The stories and pictures of God's Englishmen as first published in 1849, left me with no doubt about the fact that these people were a teeming crowd of out of control men and women who spent all their time eating, socialising, making music, visiting zoos, attending ceremonies, drinking, dancing, fishing and playing cricket (etc).
It was, therefore, my duty to introduce some order into the rabble. This has been done by restraining both the stories and pictures in the form of 21 small boxes.
There! We’re all safe from them now!
The boxes are loosely stacked in a royal looking tin. A small pocket at the back of the book's cover contains information about and relics of the actual book.
