A summer trip to London led me to Mauro Peruccetti - I had to pause only to debate whether to bite off the head or the feet first...
A unique use of resin to create glowing, meticulously crafted Jelly Babies symbolises the disposability of todays consumer society.
A roll of toilet paper coverer entirely by Swarowski crystals - a metaphor for useless, senseless and perhaps injurious luxury.
Peruccetti's work may be innocent and welcoming to the touch, but it is also eloquent of violence and destruction describing a world in which superficial appearance is used to cover up and prettify economical recession, war and dereliction. He engages with themes such as war, cloning, police brutality, fashion, addictive consumerism, drugs and media, I particularly enjoy how he represents this through the use of resin and crystals - exuberantly visual and sensuously tactile...
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