"Poor Cow"

Slip cast stoneware sculptures

​​​​​​​A collection of fashion and fast food branded ceramic cows and illustrated milk bottles.  The collection's genesis was a family trip to Jamaica.  Montego Bay's first McDonald's had just opened.  In a neighbouring field stood a solitary cow.  I appreciated the irony of that.

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Photographs by Valerie Bernardini


RUN COW, RUN! Music by Claudette Forbes & Leroy Forbes; Vocals, Claudette Forbes; Ceramic Percussion, Claudette Forbes; Saxophone, Claudette Forbes; Lyrics, Claudette Forbes.  Produced by Laura Misch and Leroy Forbes
RUN COW, RUN! Dub version. Music by Claudette Forbes & Leroy Forbes; Vocals, Claudette Forbes; Ceramic Percussion, Claudette Forbes; Saxophone, Claudette Forbes. Produced by Laura Misch

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