Barebottomland

Headland Sculpture on the Gulf

28 January – 20 February 2011

Coastal headland Matiatia Bay, Waiheke Island, Auckland NZ

Barebottomland will strike a chord with those who loved Spike Milligan’s classic book and radio story Bad Jelly the Witch, in which Dulboot the giant runs away with a bare bottom after dinglemouse nibbles through his trouser belt. Christian Nicolson asks: “Where is bare bottom land? And who goes there? What do people do there? Do they play tennis or volleyball or drive cars, go swimming and have fish and chips like the rest of us? The series of life-sized figures in Barebottomland are on flat laminated wood but screen printed to create the illusion of three dimensions. And although inspired by a story, the sculptures are ultimately th basis of a study of the naked form and an exporation of our prudishness as a species and our reluctance to show our bodies in public. As featured in The Guardian