“Initially trained as a traditional figurative sculptor and mouldmaker, I now seek to find new meaning and relevance in old outmoded techniques. I’m fascinated by the idea of the public monument and much of my work revolves around the need to investigate the way in which society records events and people by casting them in metal and stone.”
“I seek to rip the idea of the public monument asunder and then re-build it in a new order with a revised iconography. My work seeks to expose and examine the insecurities and fragilties of society, and our place within it.”
Recent works ‘Gnome Kone’ and ‘Bad Babysitter’ are part of a series of sculptures that are concerned with a playfully sinister bastardization of familiar objects. The pieces have an initial feeling of innocence and irreverence but on closer inspection seem more bizarre and unsettling.
You can get your own puppy by creative artist Mikael Alacoque at A Gallery London
