Hartog-Gautier, Nathalie. Hansel and Gretel Toys, Ballina sculpture show, 2000 (exhibition statement)

My proposal centers on fairytales. In it they scattered little rocks so as not to lose themselves in the forest.

Fairytales are full of images and symbols. I used the maze to re-enact the story. I scattered, along the track, little casting of objects, made out of Latex, used by children: toys, little bath ducks, soldiers, dolls, trains, cars, tennis racquet etc. If the children (or adults) start to play with the toys, so that the correct path is disturbed, moving them in the wrong direction then the fables is in a way re-enacted by them.

 

Nathalie Hartog-Gautier

(The re-enactment was so well performed that the toys disappeared on the first day of the exhibition.)

Size installation in the maze 160 m
Medium: Latex