Grandma would turn around in her grave if she discovered what happened to her beloved collection. To me it’s like I’m finally allowed to play with it.
They still look so innocent and sweet but don’t get fooled, these figurines adapted actually quite well in the “real world”. All human weaknesses appear in Barnaby Barfords group settings, they can be mean, greedy or conceited and give you that twisted feeling when instant likeability turns into an imperfect dark place.
The good, The Bad The Belle, till april 5 2009 Springobjects, Londen
And off course there is a tragic lovestory, Barfords first film, which explores high and low culture and question the notions of traditional value within ceramics.