Babies are big in sculpture, especially if you are
Marc Quinn. The YBA has just installed his floating baby in Singapore and for
anyone who dreams of having an über infant floating above them, that’s the
place to be. And in NZ we’re not dropping behind on the big baby boom.
Christchurch of course had Ron Mueck’s Big Baby front and centre in their
crowd-pulling exhibition. In fact Mueck has done a range of baby sculptures
but, you will be pleased to hear, Christchurch scored the biggest one. So
here’s a range of what’s around if you’ve a mind to do the big baby tour
anytime soon.
Images: the Marc Quinn baby that has been recently installed in Singapore, random giant red
baby, Nina Levy’s baby sculpture at the Aldrich Contemporary Art
Museum, Burning Man baby on the way home, Tank baby somewhere in China, big
bronze babies by David Černý in Prague, Max Streicher, blow-up babies in
Canada, Ron Mueck’s Big baby and big talking Big Baby in Spain
