Laura Ford - Pandamonium 1
Laura Ford
Encrusted Panda
Panda, Crystical Alfa K
H 100 cm
Lot no: 11
Ford recalled that barnacles were severely impacted by a chemical used in ship paint. So although the barnacles encrusting this panda and its baby look destructive, they’re intended to signify a healthier environment.
“My impression of WWF has changed a lot because I hadn’t really thought about it probably since I was a kid, so I just assumed they were doing the same sort of things, you know saving tigers and pandas and nothing much else… but of course doing those things has knock-on effects, so it makes it a much more interesting organisation, and much more relevant to today’s issues.”
Estimated value: £4,000 - £5,000
Laura Ford was born in Cardiff, Wales, in 1961 into a family of Welsh showmen who travelled the fairgrounds of Wales and the south-east of England. Early childhood memories from this period had an enormous impact in her life as an artist. She studied for her BA at Bath Academy from 1978-82 completed her MA at Chelsea School of Art in 1984 . She represented Wales at the Venice Biennale in 2005, and her work has been included in many major sculpture shows all over the world.
Selected exhibitions
2008 Rag and Bone. Tilburg Museum, Netherlands
2007 Turner Contemporary. Margate, UK
2006 Armour Boys. Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh Festival, Scotland;
Skulptur Pilane, Sweden (2008)
2005 Somewhere Else. 51st Venice Biennale
2003 Headthinkers. Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Connecticut USA
The Great Indoors. Consorcio de Arte di Salamanca, Spain
Selected collections
Tate Gallery, London
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh
Arts Council of Great Britain
Government Art Collection
The auction
The pieces were auctioned on 12 October 2009 at Selfridges, Oxford Street, London to raise funds for WWF.
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