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Pecking Order
Ciment Fondue
5' high
My work makes use of the animal images for human social
comment. The work reflects on the systems and conventions
that govern relationships in particular, the hierarchies
within institutions, the power struggles within all relationships,
and the conventions that constrain them. My starting points
are the minutia of everyday life at a particular moment
in time, these are only fragments of systems but they offer
opportunities to observe the ridiculous, and comment upon
the idiosyncrasies and inadequacies of those greater structures.
The three male dogs of Pecking Order endlessly circle each
other. As the title suggests they are preoccupied with their
place in the pack, whether that be in ascendancy or decline.
They sniff the air waiting for an opportunity to take control,
watching for any challenge to their position. The gaze is
never direct, but each oblique glance monitors the rest
of the pack. The game is intense and myopic; so obsessed
are they with their own small world that we may observe
them unawares.
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