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Pride & Prejudice, Part 1: Group Exhibition

Past exhibition
22 February - 18 March 2023 Bergman Gallery, Auckland
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Oliver Cain, Fertility Gnome (White), 2022

Oliver Cain United Kingdom | New Zealand, b. 1996

Fertility Gnome (White), 2022
Ceramic Sculpture
11 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 4 in
30 x 12 x 10 cm
Fun playful sculptures celebrating queer culture while also questioning personal relationships of gender, sexuality and identity. The well known garden Gnome have long been regarded as good luck tokens. Throughout...
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Fun playful sculptures celebrating queer culture while also questioning personal relationships of gender, sexuality and identity. The well known garden Gnome have long been regarded as good luck tokens. Throughout the world a Gnome is always viewed as male so in a world filled with male gnomes it does suggest a sense of queerness.


Despite what it looks like the phallic suggestions on the gnomes are an enhancement on their good luck charm.Throughout history fertility statues have been used to enhance one’s fruitfulness and were believed to bring good luck. These works like traditional fertility statutes are a symbol of health, success and good fortune

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