The Museum of Modern Toddler Art

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Now, Abandoned Breakfast is a particularly important piece. Note the toast finger hanging disconsolately from the eggshell, yolk leaking over the edge of the plate and pooling onto the table below. We can see from the setting that the breakfast was barely touched despite the care used in preparing it, and the futility evoked stands in direct contrast to the cheery cow-patterned eggcup and bright yellow plate. The viewer is confronted by the eternal question: What Is The Bloody Point, I Ask You?

Lone Bogey

a very creative collection piece showing a single dried bogey carefully applied to various every day objects. There are 27 pieces in the collection, the most thought provoking being, 'bogey on tea cup', 'bogey on toothbrush' and 'bogey on ipad'.

Pile of Shoes

This bold piece presents the viewer with a stark vision of the human condition's mysteries: who do the shoes belong to? Why are some missing laces? Will pairs magically materialise out of the pile when urgently required? These shoes are the downtrodden, unsung heroes of modern life: soles with souls, they speak of feet that tirelessly walk the land, mud in particular. This casual abandon of costly, well-known brand names is a comment on the transitory nature of the family budget and the fickle tastes of the modern consumer in our throwaway society.

The wrong plate

A playful piece in which the artist challenges the audience to guess why this particular place is wrong. Nearby, a towering stack of identical plates goad the audience into guessing which one is the right plate. Is there a right plate?

Hopping

A fascinating sculpture of a person midflight, with a pained expression.

Intriguingly, the artist has not included the offending item - the viewer is compelled to wonder what exactly the subject stepped on. Perhaps Lego, perhaps some train track - the viewer will bring their own painful experience to mind and thus they are involved in the work - all the while thinking "thank fuck that isn't me"

nose picking swearyface

A complex performance piece operating on both micro and macrocosmic levels. In a public space, the artist suddenly, randomly and occasionally violently mirrors a particular habit or speech pattern belonging to the individual participant. In acting as a memory node and 'broadcasting' the participant's inner life to an unknowing world, the artist invites both a static response (embarrassment) from that individual and a fluctuating interaction (horror, judgement, glee) from the wider audience. Notions of division between public and private personas are broken down in this challenging piece.

Hospital dash

A ground-breaking debut by a recently new artist. Fly on the wall documentary invites audience to accompany the child on the journey from button up left nostril to panic-stricken mother discovery culminating in a 5 minute journey to the local hospital.

Cat honey spoon glitter

In this piece the canvas is a living creature, utilising striped fur and sharp teeth and claws, the artist uses their preferred media of glitter, honey and crumbled weetabix applied with spoon and hand in a fabulous juxtaposition of nature and enigma. It is accompanied by a soundtrack of a lone voice crying 'Jesus, not another trip to the vets' hissing and delighted giggles.

Other works include, turd in your shoe and peanut butter sofa.

Scene of the Crime

In this trail-blazing creation, the artist breaks new territory by using himself as an exhibit, lying on the ground in the attitude of a newly discovered corpse emitting a sound profoundly reminiscent of a World War 2 air-raid siren. The viewer is invited to explore their empathy with all wounded and fallen victims since time began. The cause of his tragic fall is featured as part of the exhibit, and changes daily, at times a toy, at others a chair leg, at yet others seemingly invisible, emphasising the peril and grief which await the unwary at every turn. This is an interactive exhibit and the artist will not move from his pose until picked up by a viewer. The artist will then resume his work immediately.

My names Batman not Anna

Performance art from young artist exploring the meaning of self in society, the labels we are given and those we choose.Interactive piece in which audience is invited to guess at which point artist becomes Batman or Anna.

GeraldineAubergine I am crying laughing! Fabulous! :o

Marking my place for later.

WillHaveSomethingToAddTiggaxx

Red T Shirt Blue T Shirt. A stop motion video piece

An exploration of the artist's anguish under the oppression of not being permitted to express himself by the medium of his apparel.

Phone roulette

This enfant terrible of up and coming British artists encourages the viewer to hand over their phone by screaming repeatedly in public places until they receive it. Tension is then created by harnessing the viewer's desire for peace and quiet and setting it against the artist's subversive nature, which she demonstrates by dialling random numbers including your mother in law, the police and the man you shagged five years ago.

In a darker sideroom we find Festival Detritus
An otherwise normal living room. The artist is present, yet absent; she is oblivious to all except those to whom she communicates on facebook. In the background is her rucksack, tin mug still encrusted with pot noodle; pop up tent folded but still retaining traces of mud. A fascinating commentary on youth culture and the transience of pleasure, this installation has audio effects which may be heard emanating from the artist's headphones. The TV blares - alternately a pop/rock video or Hollyoaks. The quest for self continues...

Pink toothpaste - the latest in a set of bathroom-based pieces by this established artist. Note how the pink gel toothpaste has been carefully looped into circles in and around the sink, signifying the balletic nature of the bedtime routine. Puddles allow for quiet reflection, daringly created by filling the now empty toothpaste tube and squirting water across the floor.

Other works include 'Poo in bath' and 'Unravelled toilet roll'

Toy exchange

Expressed in the medium of dance this exhibit encapsulates the desire of the artist to have a toy, any toy, which another child is playing with. When the toy is finally handed over, the artist will then totally lose interest and focus every ounce of desire in their being on the different toy that the other child has now chosen to play with.
The mood of the work can be best summed up as a constant yearning which will never, ever be satisfied.

Mine, mine

In this moving piece of work, consisting of elder sibling articles appropriated by the artist and viciously defended from any attempts at reappropriation" accompanied by ansoundtrack of wails from said elder sibling, yells of mine no mine from the artist and an unseen third party attempting to start peace talks, the artist expresses the anguish of living in a materialistic society where the desire to accumulate material possessions leads to anguish and strife.

it is part of a tryptic - see also But Mummy! And The Naughty Step by the same artist

Cheese in the TV

A simple piece using only two items, and clearly devised as a wry commentary on what normally issues forth from the TV, the artist has cleverly used the speakers as a grater, thus forcing the cheese right back where it came from but in fragmented form. The onlooker is invited to ponder what will happen to the cheese within the speakers as time goes on.

Other works include Washed Cake -- a deconstructed installation where a cooling chocolate cake has been scrubbed with a kitchen sponge. Nihilistic and obsessive-compulsive elements are fascinatingly juxtaposed in the iconic birthday cake on the kitchen counter, with a chair drawn up alongside adding a suggestion of narrative.

slippery floor

an interactive exhibition

viewers are invited to walk into a room, a bathroom, suprisingly on walking in they will discover a slippery feeling underfoot, Leaving those participating confused.
In comes the artist. The artist is questioned as to why the floor is slippery. The answer 'I cleaned it'.
This causes further indepth questions to the artist as to what materials they used to create this piece.
It transpires the meterials used were hand soap and a hand brush.......
Artist is asked as to what a hand brush might be and to show the participants where it is.
a sigh of relief is heard around the bathrrom as he finds the nailbrush and not as feared it would be the toilet brush

This thread is creasing me up! :o

No and No, mine

Counter-cultural experiment in the use of minimal language and maximum volume to achieve everything the young artist desired in the course of a six month period, especially in acquiring and using items she wished to interact with or refusing to adapt to the demands placed upon her by her immediate and wider community. Language was stripped down to its most utilitarian and functional elements but volume was increased exponentially. This performance work was notable for its unintended side effects; it was deeply disturbing to younger members of the viewing public, who found themselves unwittingly drawn into the dynamic in various outdoor locations such as the paddling pool and park sandbox, where use of found objects (other people's possessions) as props was to be the most alienating aspect of the work.

GeraldineAubergine: I have never wanted a 'like' button on MN more!!

May the earth open up and swallow her

A violently shaking buggy, held by a deeply red-faced woman, her hair dishevelled, her clothing stained with chewed biscuit. A soundtrack on loop screams, "I wanna see the fish" She stands apart, as staring eyes and angelic, calm, puzzled children gather. The audience is invited to participate in the work by staring, shaking their heads, and if they wish, making snide comments to their companions, in order to increase the atmosphere of shame which permeates the piece. A searing comment on the judgement of society, and the inability of the individual to exercise control.

whitewash naive mother

The viewer is encouraged to participate in the exhibit. Sudocrem is the media being used by the artist. Feel free to follow the artist's lead and smear the Sudocrem all over the 'mock' living-room.

I was going to come on MN and have a huge whinge about something. Instead I clicked on this thread and am laughing so much the whinge has gone. Sublime.
This is a classic.