The Caravan Gallery
Stuffed Hippo, Southsea, 2002
Archival inkjet print on 310 gms paper
60 x 85.4 cms
23 9/16 x 33 9/16 ins
Series: 1. People
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Exhibitions
extra{ordinary} Photographs of Britain by The Caravan Gallery, touring exhibition 2015 - 2016. Venues: Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland; Impressions Gallery, Bradford; Diffusion Festival, Cardiff; Museum of Lancashire, Preston; Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art; Showcase Gallery, Southampton.Is Britain Great? Aspex, Portsmouth & Paul Smith Space, Tokyo
Literature
extra{ordinary} Photographs of Britain by the Caravan Gallery, The Caravan Gallery, 2015The Caravan Gallery. Is Britain Great? vol. 1, Aspex Visual Arts Trust, 2006
From the edition of 5. The photographers have explained: 'The summer of 2002 provided us with hours of entertainment watching people dealing with the consequences of winning oversize stuffed animals...
From the edition of 5.
The photographers have explained:
"The summer of 2002 provided us with hours of entertainment watching people dealing with the consequences of winning oversize stuffed animals at the fairground. Simple things like queuing up for the toilet or getting into a car whilst in charge of a large hippo could be quite challenging. We love the business-like way the man with the hippo is giving it a piggy back while the woman in front has a lion casually slung under her arm. The spectator on the left appears quite taken aback."
The photographers have explained:
"The summer of 2002 provided us with hours of entertainment watching people dealing with the consequences of winning oversize stuffed animals at the fairground. Simple things like queuing up for the toilet or getting into a car whilst in charge of a large hippo could be quite challenging. We love the business-like way the man with the hippo is giving it a piggy back while the woman in front has a lion casually slung under her arm. The spectator on the left appears quite taken aback."