Michele Beevors: Debbie Does Disney

The Dunedin Public Art Gallery presents an exhibition of sculptures by Michele Beevors, on display from November 22nd 2008 - January 25th 2009.

Having worked on this motley crew of Disney characters for the last six years Beevors has put together a very dark spin on fantasia.

This supersized cast, which so easily could have been lifted from a Disneyland set, discloses a seamier side to the wholesome values that are usually espoused in the fairytales.

This is spectacle with a candy coated surface, but behind this spray-on nostalgia there is a much more revealing acerbic centre.