2004 - feb 12 - feb 29
gallery 3
the Walrus and the Bidet
Large scale charcoal drawings wrap the gallery in “the Walrus and the
Bidet” where highly rendered realism plays with simple silhouette.
Each drawing connects through the horizon line to create a bizarre
landscape. A polar bear watches a man seductively feed a woman
strawberries on top of a dishwasher. A lingerie model takes an iron for a
walk. There is a garden gnome in the bathroom and Lara Flynn Boyle cuts a
dashing figure in a tutu.
All the facts are given but nothing is revealed. The viewer is left to
ponder a bellowing walrus and the domestic bliss of an Asko washing
machine.
Since the kitchen sink is included all that is missing is Donna Hay and
David Attenborough to interpret the wild domestiscape.