Curated by Andrée Cook at Spring Projects, London, Barford’s ‘The Good The Bad The Belle’ series of focused pieces explore ideas of lost youth in today’s society. The work looks at eating habits, violence, education, gang culture and perceptions of childhood.
The Good The Bad The Belle, 2009
Wonderland?! What fucking postcode’s that?! (detail), 2009
The original figurines used are chocolate box images of childhood where even a street urchin is depicted as a romantic notion. The process of updating these figures to contemporaneity plays is as important as the completed pieces themselves.
Family Feast (detail), 2009
Ring-a-Ring-a-Rose (detail), 2009
Happy Meal, 2009
Does that mean we’re not getting any presents? 2009
Does that mean we’re not getting any presents? (detail), 2009
Family Feast, 2009
Do it again, I didn't press record, 2009
Do it again, I didn't press record (detail), 2009
Wonderland?! What fucking postcode’s that?! 2009
Cry “Havoc” and let slip the dogs of war, 2009
Always the best way to earn your wings, 2009