Adam Dant
Created 'Gorilla Toolkit' for the Tusk Gorilla Trail 2023
Gorilla Toolkit
The 'gorilla toolkit' is decorated with images of tools like a page from Diderot's Enlightenment Encyclopedia to clearly delineate what distinguishes us from and connects us to these beasts.
Adam Dant
Born in Cambridge in 1967 Adam Dant trained in printmaking at the RCA, HDK Berlin and MS University Baroda, India. Awarded a Rome scholarship and a Jerwood drawing prize, Dant’s engaging historically rich prints and drawings have led to the Guardian describing him as a ‘Hogarth for our times’.
Gorilla Toolkit – On Display in Covent Garden
Tusk Gorilla Trail – July – October 2023
360° Gorilla Sculpture Stills
Gorilla Sculpture Details
Adam Dant
Adam Dant’s gorilla will go to auction on 20th November 2023, with 100% of sale proceeds going directly to support Tusk’s conservation projects in Africa.
Guide Price: £6,000 – 15,000
Size: 135 (h) x 88 (w) x 96 (d) cm
Medium: Acrylic paint and varnish on fibreglass sculpture
Gorilla: Fibreglass gorilla (fire retardant) with internal armature
Finish: Acrylic Paint
Rarity: Unique
Signature: Signed
Image rights: Courtesy of the artist and Tusk Trust Ltd
Provenance: Gorilla sculpture created for the Tusk Gorilla Trail 2023. The art trail is a partnership between Covent Garden, African conservation charity Tusk and Westbrook Gallery. From July 14th until 12th October 2023 the trail of 15 life-sized gorilla sculptures were displayed across the Covent Garden neighbourhood.
