Jonathan Smith
Curator, Burlington Art Centre
"Dinner and Eternity"
David Gilhooly | Froghell
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Transcript
David Gilhooly, with a wonderfully delightful sense of humour, has taken the average casserole, the absolute functional piece, and changed it into this delightful sculpture Froghell where the angel of death has come down to condemn those frogs who have done a life of sin into a cauldron of fire and flames to be consumed for eternity. This, in many ways, is the medieval Last Judgement, as seen in the chapels across Europe, where the souls of the damned are portrayed in all their ugliness being sent to their eternal damnation. At the same time, we have this wonderful reminder that this is a pot and this is a stew that is actually being made. So the idea of tonight’s dinner and eternity are combined in this wonderfully delightful and very ironic image.
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