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Tuesday 28 July '09
(from Grizedale Arts Blog)
Matt & Ross do the Penguin Donkey
Dog Elephant Castle
Matt (currently at Lawson Park) and Ross are doing a show at Elephant and Castle, it's called 'Together at the Junction', well that's the name the curators jottaCONTEMPORARY have given it. it brings together a group of artists to do stuff about the old shopping precinct in the run up to it's demolition, the once cool modernist building having fallen into 'varied' use and had the indignity of being painted pink may want to be put out of it's misery but there's a few years more to go and I suspect some further indignities to suffer.
Matt and Ross have run with the idea of the journey and the transformations that we go through in making them. They have taken the various versions of the Penguin Donkey - originally design in 1936 subsequently reworked in the 60's and further transformed more recently for Lawson Park. The artists have added further additions layering the original yet further and presented the beasts as a parade. They've also made a vast amount of Kendal Mint Cake.
Go and see/taste it at Unit 316 Lower Ground Floor, Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre 30th July to 2nd August, 12 - 6pm the opening is on Wednesday night 6 - 9pm for a more party feel
for more information try www.jotta.com
Topics: 'corsica studios' 'Elephant Rooms' 'Penguin Donkey'
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4 Comments
A delightful sculpture, reminding me of the bovine masterpiece perched on the tastefully named 'The Horn' cafe on motorway betwixt Perth and Dundee
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40741565@N00/11773085
Jenny, July 30, 2009 11:24
Jake looks different in this photo
Anonymous, August 1, 2009 23:21
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqxE1WH-v9I&feature=related
Anonymous, August 8, 2009 15:59
Anonymous, August 8, 2009 16:00