Westminster Council

Jelly Babies Have New London Home

Filed under: Art

Seven members of the appealing Jelly Baby Family have new digs. They were recently moved to London's Marble Arch where they will delight locals and visitors alike until April 2011. The family - a father, mother, two teenagers, a child and young twins-- are heavy weights, tipping the scales at a total of 3.2 tons so that a crane installation was required. Sculptor Mauro Perucchetti explains he created a body of work 12 years ago that was inspired by the dilemma between cloning and religion, and cloning and medical ethics. With this sculpture he says" "I decided to use the jelly baby as an impersonation of cloned mankind. On first glance, they seem very sweet, but from certain angles, they can look slightly sinister, especially on a large scale."

Tags: art, halycon gallery, Jellybabyfamily, london, Marble Arch sculpture, Mauro Perucchetti, Westminster Council