Communicative colour

My text was The Mind and Dying of Mr Punch, by David Grubb.
The work needed to be violent and claustrophobic and I was also thinking about old fashioned fair ground entertainment, so my first inspiration was Pygmalion by Donald Rodney that I saw in Birmingham museum back in 2018. Its an interactive sculpture of Michael Jackson in the style of coin operated laughing policemen found in old fairgrounds. Unfortunately, the real meaning of the piece is exploring the racial identity and masculinity but all I remember about it is being jumpscared in a small dark room.

I also used a little bronze figure of punch that my grandparents own as a reference for sculpting my own punch. I didn't go and visit them, they sent me the photo.