I arranged them with other things, like paintings and tables.
Then I thought they'd be better as free standing works, with the solidity of ancient sculpture. I was thinking Egypt, Assyria, Chariots of the Gods, that kind of thing.
These are some of the rough drafts.....
Then I remade them at a larger scale, with larger scale balloons (professional quality) for a show at Sarah Cottier I had in February 2003. (The following photos are by Ashley Barber)
This one was called 'Egypt'
'Small Sphinx'
Installation view of the larger upstairs space at Sarah Cottier when the gallery was in Elizabeth Street.
'Space Invader 1'
I had such a good time making these, I started turning the offcuts straight into new, unplanned works. This one was called 'Nimrod'
'The Animal Style'
'St Ives'
This was the installation shot of the smaller gallery upstairs at Sarah Cottier. I did vinyl wall drawings meant to suggest sparse vegetation.
A couple of years later, at Half In Half Out part 2, which was the first show at the (then) new Uplands Gallery in Chapel Street, I made them more baroque in style and combined them with painted aluminium sculptures and more flowery wall drawings. This was in 2006. (Photos by Andrius Lipsys)
'Rome'
'Vienna'
The next year I had a show at Art space in Sydney. The painting on the sculptures was more deliberate. the wall drawings were made up on the spot after I put the sculptures in there. The balloons were more subtle, pale colours. Looking at the photos now it seems to have a much more delicate feel, compared to the exuberance in Half In Half Out part 2. The dark, heavy beamed space probably weighs down the work a bit. (That reminds me - the photos are by Greg Weight)
That wall drawing at the back was called 'Stevie'. The yellow metal sculpture is 'Little Sunshine'
'Curly'
'Sharpie' and 'Dangles'
'Pink/purple'
'Plunkett' is in the middle there, with 'Pinky' down the back.
This one was called 'Griffin', after Matt Griffin, of course.
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