EXTENDED!
'TRIGGERINES & SENTIMENTOS'
New Collection by Norman Gosney
Friday 11th & Friday 18th October, 17:00-21:00
@ The Pit, 101 Wells Road, Bristol, BS4 2BS
*RSVP for guest list or private viewing: [email protected]
@ The Pit, 101 Wells Road, Bristol, BS4 2BS
*RSVP for guest list or private viewing: [email protected]
After a sensational debut, Norman Gosney’s captivating art show, "Triggerines & Sentimentos," is back for two more unmissable dates!
This unique exhibition takes visitors on a whimsical journey through the world of small figurines, blending nostalgic charm with contemporary reinterpretation.
Triggerines & Sentimentos explores the enduring allure of small figurines, from the ancient "Venus of Willendorf" to modern-day pop culture icons. Gosney's work delves into the sentimental and often kitschy statuettes that once adorned the mantlepieces and wall units of generations, reflecting deep-seated attitudes and affections. His exhibition aims to re-contextualise these familiar figures, updating them to reflect contemporary sensibilities while retaining their original charm and function.
Gosney's artistic process involves recycling and renewing figurines found in dumpsters, charity stores, and jumble sales. By incorporating discarded figures from comics, advertising, and even Disney, he offers new interpretations of old dialogues, reinventing icons of the past in today's vastly different world.
Gosney's art breathes new life into discarded statuettes, transforming forgotten icons from pop culture, history and everyday life into thought-provoking pieces
Don’t miss your chance to experience this eclectic fusion of sentimentality and modern creativity on 11th and 18th October from 5 – 9pm.
This unique exhibition takes visitors on a whimsical journey through the world of small figurines, blending nostalgic charm with contemporary reinterpretation.
Triggerines & Sentimentos explores the enduring allure of small figurines, from the ancient "Venus of Willendorf" to modern-day pop culture icons. Gosney's work delves into the sentimental and often kitschy statuettes that once adorned the mantlepieces and wall units of generations, reflecting deep-seated attitudes and affections. His exhibition aims to re-contextualise these familiar figures, updating them to reflect contemporary sensibilities while retaining their original charm and function.
Gosney's artistic process involves recycling and renewing figurines found in dumpsters, charity stores, and jumble sales. By incorporating discarded figures from comics, advertising, and even Disney, he offers new interpretations of old dialogues, reinventing icons of the past in today's vastly different world.
Gosney's art breathes new life into discarded statuettes, transforming forgotten icons from pop culture, history and everyday life into thought-provoking pieces
Don’t miss your chance to experience this eclectic fusion of sentimentality and modern creativity on 11th and 18th October from 5 – 9pm.
After centuries of feeding the commercial art machines and international nightclub circuit of excellence, the one and only impressario, Bristol's own Norman Gosney has unleashed his unique creativity and humour onto the world of collectables and figurines.
From the palaeolithic 'Venus of Willendorf' to today's Marvel Comics $12B annual toy sales, we have been deeply attached to the ownership and display of small figurines. Whether religious, erotic, heroic, or just engagingly cute, the fascination with them continues to hold its power.
This show is the recycling and the renewal of figurines that are deeply embedded in our national psyche: those sentimental, nostalgic and often kitschy statuettes that came back from holidays abroad and trips to the seaside to take pride of place on the mantelpieces of generations fast disappearing.
They told stories that reflected deep-seated attitudes and affections, stereotypes of nationalities and imagined professions:
the ancient German cobbler, lovable Italian drunks on park benches, wistful old ladies with bunches of heather. Fantasies then, even more so now. Triggerines & Sentimentos is an attempt to update and re-contextualise these ornaments to reflect the very different sensibilities of the age we live in, while retaining their original function: to warm the heart, to reveal an attitude, to show where we've been, and to amuse.
From the palaeolithic 'Venus of Willendorf' to today's Marvel Comics $12B annual toy sales, we have been deeply attached to the ownership and display of small figurines. Whether religious, erotic, heroic, or just engagingly cute, the fascination with them continues to hold its power.
This show is the recycling and the renewal of figurines that are deeply embedded in our national psyche: those sentimental, nostalgic and often kitschy statuettes that came back from holidays abroad and trips to the seaside to take pride of place on the mantelpieces of generations fast disappearing.
They told stories that reflected deep-seated attitudes and affections, stereotypes of nationalities and imagined professions:
the ancient German cobbler, lovable Italian drunks on park benches, wistful old ladies with bunches of heather. Fantasies then, even more so now. Triggerines & Sentimentos is an attempt to update and re-contextualise these ornaments to reflect the very different sensibilities of the age we live in, while retaining their original function: to warm the heart, to reveal an attitude, to show where we've been, and to amuse.
JULIE
A perennial classic, 'The Old Lady with Heather'...I found 13 of these in junk shops during '22.
SOLD
SOLD
NIGEL
Julie's partner, another favourite, made in Czechoslovakia in the 70's.
SOLD
SOLD
HADDOCK REACHED THE PARK WHEN THE MUSHROOMS KICKED IN
He just had that look on his face.
SOLD
SOLD
NATURE'S WAY
'Boy on Log with Dove' is strangely popular, with many variations, always in porcelain.
£350
£350
COVID COMES FOR THE BONG POLISHER
'Lovable Drunk on Bench' is a quintessential knick knack, offered in many countries with regional variations to denote it's national origin. My reaction to lock-down, I think.
SOLD
SOLD
MARRIAGE IS COMPLICATED
It is. Found these two by a waste bin that had been set on fire.
SOLD
SOLD
DIAMOND DOGS
I love David Bowie.
SOLD
SOLD
BUDDY WAS WORRIED ABOUT BILLY
Found him all smashed in the gutter, half missing...do not know what the original was trying to say, but Buddy should be worried.
£350
£350
TRANS-SPECIES REASSIGNMENT CAN GET TRICKY
Speaks for itself
SOLD
SOLD
SHIRLEY HAS A NEW FRIEND
Another variation of the wistful old lady standard.
£380
£380
AN ENGLISHMAN'S HOME IS HIS ......
Rescued from a broken fish tank outside of a house with a British flag and decaying mattress.
£750
£750
Innocence Conquers the Big Cock in the Ruins of Prague
A happy result in a dystopian future.
SOLD
SOLD
LIBERTY LASS WITH THE HEAD OF.............
You get to choose, either: 1. ...of a Republican Whitehouse press agent. 2. ...a woke far-left
BLM supporter. 3. ...a Tic Tok influencer. 4. ...that girl that dissed you in high school. Violence against women is unacceptable, but HBO are interested.
£380
BLM supporter. 3. ...a Tic Tok influencer. 4. ...that girl that dissed you in high school. Violence against women is unacceptable, but HBO are interested.
£380
TOMMY DIDN'T NOTICE TIMMY'S TIMBERLANDS
I suspect Tommy has moved on a little.
£450
£450
THE OLDE BOMBMAKER
'The Olde Clockmaker' was the hands-down favourite to bring home from Germany, Austria
or Switzerland. Clocks and watches are made in hi-tech factories, and assembled in third world countries.
SOLD
or Switzerland. Clocks and watches are made in hi-tech factories, and assembled in third world countries.
SOLD
FORBIDDEN HOOK-UPS
Strangers in the night... Look inside, if you dare...
SOLD
SOLD
©Norman Gosney 2024
