Film: (1 min. 49secs.)
The painting is a 14th century fresco by Giotto. (Giotto di Bondone, 'Expulsion of the Money Changers', 1304–1306). Jesus is driving the money exchangers out of the temple. It's so old some items have faded away including Jesus' whip leaving him with just a fist. Essentially 'Jesus is punching a banker'.
The full composition of Giotto di Bondone's 'Expulsion of the Money Changers'
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This work was the result of an artist's residency in 2019 with the 'Barnsley Mens Shed' group commissioned by Gabby Lees at Barnsley Museums and galleries.
What's a 'Men's shed' ?-explanation here. The man turning the handle is one of my shed friends 'Steve' who kindly offered to pose for the photograph. In 2022 'Jesus punches banker' was loaned by 'Barnsley museums and galleries to be part of 'Talk to me', an open air sculpture festival in Oisterwijk, Holland.
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'Steve' volunteer''s to be a cut out character
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The old industrial building in Barnsley that now serves as the workshop for the 'Mens shed' and also became an important element of 'Jesus punches banker)
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At the 'Talk to me' sculpture festival in Oisterwijk it was decided at the last minute that 'Jesus Punches banker' was too vulnerable to be outside. Etienne Gallery kindly stepped in and offered a postion for it their gallery window. Obviously indoors there was no wind so Matisse volunteered to demonstrate the windmill to visitors with the aid of the galleries garden leaf blower.
Further work with the 'Men's shed'
The residency was a preliminary introduction to the 'Mens shed group' with a view to developing a full scale project with them in 2020. I noticed a lot of the men made things like bird boxes, hedgehog boxes, dog kennels, dolls houses and fairy houses. I could see a sort of theme starting to emerge around 'minature homes' or 'miniature sheds'.
Social interaction is an important aspect of the 'Men's shed group. The images below are an idea I was developing with a view to bringing personal narrative into a sculpture trail with the use of miniature projectors. Sadly this development process was halted after the Covid 19 outbreak.
The residency was a preliminary introduction to the 'Mens shed group' with a view to developing a full scale project with them in 2020. I noticed a lot of the men made things like bird boxes, hedgehog boxes, dog kennels, dolls houses and fairy houses. I could see a sort of theme starting to emerge around 'minature homes' or 'miniature sheds'.
Social interaction is an important aspect of the 'Men's shed group. The images below are an idea I was developing with a view to bringing personal narrative into a sculpture trail with the use of miniature projectors. Sadly this development process was halted after the Covid 19 outbreak.
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