Daryl Studio
July 20, 2007
I went to see the latest work-in-progress from London graduate artist Daryl Saunders.
Entitled 'She'll Burn To Death We Told Her So', and standing around 7ft tall, this piece is based on children coin-op rides. When money is put in, the work moves and the girl slowly rotates, burning in agony...
Children's coin-ops are something that everyone is familiar with in the UK - most rides are found at a shopping mall or seaside pier, but the message is quite different.
The production quality of a lot of contemporary art is set very high, so I think it is very ambitious for a new artist to try work like this. I've known Daryl for a very long time, so I'm very excited to see the final result.
