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