Cyber Fauna

The theme of genetic modification continues from flora to fauna. In this series of works, the bears have strange distortions such as squid tentacles or wings. Here nature is not tamed in the familiar image of the ted bear, but modified and manipulated hinting at sinister implications for the future.

Multimedia work, wire sculpture and maquettes. Materials include: polyester resin, aluminium foil, aluminium paint, mild steel wire, steel, brass, silver solder, lacquer.

GM Bear series

Genetically modified bears, editions of 10

GM Bears installation view, The Real Ideal, Millennium Galleries, 2005.

GM Bears installation view, The Real Ideal, Utopian Ideals and Dystopian Realities, Millennium Galleries, Sheffield, 2005.. Centre: Super Delight.

"The series GM Bears refers more explicitly to a science fiction style future. While still recognisable as the comforting childhood toy they now have strange distortions such as squid tentacles or wings. Here nature is not tamed in the familiar image of the ted bear but modified and manipulated hinting at sinister implications for the future."

GM Bears, Millennium Galleries installation, front view. GM Bears, Millennium Galleries installation, back view.

Daisy Bear White

Limited Edition Print

Daisy Bear, Giclée on Somerset Velvet, edition of 10.

2007

Giclée on Somerset Velvet

594 x 420 mm

Edition of 10

Daisy Bear White limited edition print was created to celebrate 10 years of the Stanley Picker Gallery and 30 years of the Stanley Picker Fellowship Programme.

UBE Biennal selection process, left: Daisy Bear, prized maquette.

Selection process, UBE Biennalle 2007, Japan

Daisy Bear, maquette, prized model at the UBE Biennalle Model Competition, 2007, Japan.

Garden Bear, 2013, kinetic sculpture with walking motion.

Garden Bear

Kinetic sculpture with walking motion.

2013, mild steel rods and wire, nuts and bolts, recycled metal cans, aluminium, MDF. foam insulation, electric motor and paint, 102 x 41 x 22 cm.

Garden Bear is a fairy tale character for the atomic age.

Garden Bear, detail view (torso), 2013, kinetic sculpture with walking motion. Garden Bear, close up, 2013, kinetic bear with walking motion.

Tic-Toc

Bear sculpture with walking motion. Kinetic bear by Theo Kaccoufa, video and sound by Theo and Glauce Cerveira.

Daisy Bear, wire sculpture maquette (animation).

Daisy Bear

Daisy Bear, wire sculpture maquette, front and side views.

Daisy Bear, maquette

2006, mild steel, silver solder and paint, 39 x 25 x 14 cm.

Daisy Bear is an unnatural anomaly: a cute and cuddly transgenic totem of flora and fauna melded together to form a bear made out of skeletal daisies.

Angel Bear, 2001, GM Bears series.

Angel Bear

2001, polyester resin, aluminium foil, aluminium paint, 38 x 32 x 16 cm.

Bear, 2001, GM Bears series.

Bear

2001, polyester resin, aluminium foil, aluminium paint, 38 x 24 x 12.5 cm.

Fish Bear, 2001, GM Bears series.

Fish Bear

2001, polyester resin, aluminium foil, aluminium paint, 33.5 x 33.5 x 25 cm.

Horse Bear, 2001, GM Bears series.

Horse Bear

2001, polyester resin, aluminium foil, aluminium paint, 40 x 24 x 23 cm.

Squid Bear, 2001, GM Bears series.

Squid Bear

2001, polyester resin, aluminium foil, aluminium paint, 40 x 24 x 23 cm.

Yellow Tip (bird), 2006, wire sculpture.

Yellow Tip (bird)

2006, wire sculpture, Cyber Fauna series.

Sun Bee on Board, 2006, Cyber Fauna series.

Sun Bee on Board

2006, Cyber Fauna series, .

Perfect Harmony, cloth bears installation view.

Perfect Harmony

Theoland solo show exhibition view

Tic-Toc, wire Bear with Walking Motion.

Tic-Toc, (wire bear with walking motion)

2001-2006, galvanised wire, brass, plastic, electric motor, 40.6 x 30 x 15 cm.

Tic-Toc, Wire Bear with Walking Motion, detail.

Tic-Toc, detail

Wire Bear with Walking Motion 2001-2006.

Pink Lady, Cyber series.

Pink Lady

A piece from Cyber Fauna and Flora series.

GM Bears installation view, Haris, London.

GM Bears

installation view, Haris, London, 2002

Perfect Harmony, cloth bears installation view (panorama).

Perfect Harmony

Cloth bears, installation view, Haris, 2002

Perfect Harmony, cloth bears detail.

Perfect Harmony

Cloth bears, detail view

Perfect Harmony, cloth bears installation, side view.

Perfect Harmony

Cloth bears, Installation view, Haris, 2002

Perfect Harmony, cloth bears installation, detail view.

Perfect Harmony

Cloth bears, installation detail.

Perfect Harmony, cloth bears installation, detail view, Theoland solo show.

Perfect Harmony, detail

Theoland solo show, exhibition view

Perfect Harmony, cloth bears installation view 1, Theoland solo show. Perfect Harmony, cloth bears installation view 2, Theoland solo show.

Perfect Harmony, detail

Theoland solo show, Norway, 2001.