Portfolio > 'War Toys' Series

sculpture propaganda machine war toys
Mixed Media
47 x 36 x 26cm
2009
vessel war toys
Timber, Glass, Mixed Media
42 x 35 x 20cm
2009
sculpture gas chamber war toys
Mixed Media
34 x 43 x 27cm
2009
sculpture escape shute war toys
Mixed Media
45 x 40 x 23cm
2009
sculpture electric chair war toys
Mixed Media
760 x 580 x 510cm
2009
$1450
sculpture jet pack war toys
Mixed Media
190 x 145 x 20cm
2009
$1450
sculpture submersible war toys
Mixed Media
22 x 68 x 60cm
2009
$550
sculpture omnithopter war toys
Mixed Media
2800 x 1330 x 1220cm
2009
$2750
sculpture chariot war toys
Mixed Media
22 x 38 x 39cm
2008
Tank
'War Toys' series
Mixed Media
15 x 26 x 23cm
2008
sculpture wagon war toys
Mixed Media
39 x 30 x 67cm
2008
sculpture thresher war toys
Mixed Media
16 x 30 x 23cm
2009
sculpture pack howitzer war toys
Mixed Media
20 x 19 x 58cm
2009
sculpture scavenger war toys
Mixed Media
18 x 22 x 13cm
2009
$450
sculpture mobile throne war toys
Mixed Media
22 x 29 x 17cm
2008
sculpture catapult war toys
Mixed Media
24 x 39 x 16cm
2008
sculpture weapons carrier war toys
Mixed Media
12 x 14 x 16cm
2009
sculpture sweeper war toys
Mixed Media
37 x 1100 x 40cm
2008

This body of work was inspired by the conflicting influences of medieval war weaponry and children’s toys. The impetus behind conflict is to force one party to concede to another’s truth. Yet the simplistic, toy-like quality to these works makes a mockery of their sinister edge and their desire to extract truth. I see them as being paused in a moment of action, ready to reanimate at command, but completely ill-designed for the job if ever this was to happen. They are formed using simple wood joinery techniques, and teeter on the edge of the ludicrous. They may be absurd, but no more so than a world of child soldiers, war mongering and contemporary torture.