Clive Barker: “I think it’s very obvious that blue is cold and red is hot, and the idea of playing with the essential meanings of colours is important to me. I’ve got a very private list of the meanings of colours which I’ve assembled over years and years and years as each new encounter with cultures teaches me something different about what a colour means.

“In certain cultures people go to funerals in white. There are outfits which are worn by the Catholic priests of Spain which look like Klu Klux Klan outfits. In other words, colour and shape can indicate contrary things and so when I’m playing around with something as obvious as blue and white and red I’m looking at cold on the outside, warmth on the inner side and then this stark white of somebody who is probably – what do I mean by white? – I mean a doll, essentially, it’s interesting, I mean a doll. I don’t know how to justify that but I do.

“When I used to make Punches for Punch and Judy shows I always wanted to paint his face white so that the red of the nose, the red of the lips, the red of the cheeks popped, yes? It’s one of the great designs of all time, the design of Mr Punch... a magnificent creation.” Link to Clive’s thoughts on each piece in current release.

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