Turtle Eclipse Of The Art
In June 2014, I left Australia for the first time and visited Italy to present my work in an exhibition in Rome. The thing I was most excited about was seeing art by the Renaisance artists whose work I’d only ever seen in books, and who each of the Ninja Turtles were named after: Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael and Leonardo.
In preparation for the trip I made ceramic sculptures of each of the Ninja Turtles, modeled from the action figures I played with as a kid. My hope was to reunite each of the turtles with their most famous artwork.
Michelangelo with David, (at the Accademia, in Florence). 2014
Donatello with David, (at the Bargello, in Florence). 2014
Raphael with Madonna and Child, (at the Uffizi, in Florence). 2014
Leonardo with The Last Supper (at the Santa Maria delle Grazie, in Milan)