Exhibition 2010 Kaipara Coast Sculpture Gardens NZ

Nov 2009-Nov 2010

Stationed in an undulating landscape and adopting the idiom and icons that shaped a cultural psyche - from John Mulgan's Man Alone (1939) to Colin McCahon's Victory Over Death II (1960), Babel initially strikes a heroic pose. 

Cast as a contemporary Tower of Babel, where humility and vanity collide, the muscular form reveals a hesitant grip on the text.  In profile, the 'I' is pinched between columns of stone, allowing a shaft of light to fill the void and develop layers within a singular form.

Bibliography: Cranmer Babel Review, Exhibition 2010 Catalogue