2006
Fabric, coat-hanger, fibreglass
Dimensions variable
Installation view, Adelaide Central Gallery
Photograph by Mick Bradley
A red skivvy augmented by a disproportionately large cartoon love heart operates as a sculptural analogue of a cartoon character’s heart beating out of its chest upon falling in love or lust.
2005
Timber, webbing, cardboard, thread, gouache, model train set
110x90x160cm
Installation view, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia
Photograph by Mick Bradley
The fanciful cartoon conceit of stars circling one’s head following head trauma is articulated via a working model train set and an apparently wearable timber exoskeleton.
2005
Timber, webbing, cardboard, thread, gouache, model train set
110x90x160cm
Installation view, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia
Photograph by Mick Bradley
The fanciful cartoon conceit of stars circling one’s head following head trauma is articulated via a working model train set and an apparently wearable timber exoskeleton.
2005
Timber, webbing, cardboard, thread, gouache, model train set
110x90x160cm
Installation view, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia
Photograph by Mick Bradley
The fanciful cartoon conceit of stars circling one’s head following head trauma is articulated via a working model train set and an apparently wearable timber exoskeleton.
2006
Timber, plywood, masonite, fabric
Dimensions: approximately 60 x 150 x 150 cm
Installation view, West Space, Melbourne
Photograph by Simon Maidment
The alternative laws of physics that exists in Warner Brothers cartoons and related media inform this sculptural articulation of an exploding crate.
2007
Timber, MDF, acrylic paint, doorknob
204x82x4cm
Installation view, Adelaide Central School of Art
Photograph Sam Roberts
The cartoon trope of a character impacting a surface at speed and leaving behind a silhouette is articulated as a site-specific, architectural intervention.
2016
Overhead projector, garden hose, rubber bat
Photographs by Sam Roberts
Dimensions variable
Installation view, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide
A fictional distress signal device featured in the Batman media franchise is approximated using a range of found objects.
2016
Overhead projector, garden hose, rubber bat
Photographs by Sam Roberts
Dimensions variable
Installation view, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide
A fictional distress signal device featured in the Batman media franchise is approximated using a range of found objects.
2016
Overhead projector, garden hose, rubber bat
Photographs by Sam Roberts
Dimensions variable
Installation view, Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide
A fictional distress signal device featured in the Batman media franchise is approximated using a range of found objects.
2007
Found object, paper, pins, calico, frame
25x30x7cm
Photograph by Sam Roberts
A mask and cape, gleaned from a superhero action figure, are pinned as a lepidopterist would a butterfly or moth.
2006
Timber, MDF, felt, velveteen, varnish, fixings
60x60x180cm
Photograph by Mick Bradley
Slapstick, steampunk aesthetics, and the exaggerated physicality of comic book adventure inform this work from the group exhibition ‘Sensible Shoes’ (Adelaide Central Gallery, 2006).