PROVENANCE

Private Collection, Palmerston North Purchased from Taylor Jensen Fine Arts, 2010

EXHIBITED

Sources, Te Manawa, Palmerston North 2011

The public Who's Afraid sculpture was unveiled outside the Regent Theatre in Broadway, Palmerston North, 3 July 2011. The two contrasting pieces challenge each other, physically and metaphorically. The taller, the dancer, stands 3.5 metres eying the 3 metre tall tuatara.

Because it's for the Regent Theatre it's about drama, acting out emotions and feelings. I've called it 'Who's Afraid', but I'm not too sure if she's alarmed or trying to scare the tuatara. There is also a fair bit of joy in her and that's because theatre is about all those emotions. Paul Dibble