Exhibition: 'Poppet and Pop' (Apr 2023) by Joshua Y'Barbo & Daughter at Small House Gallery, London, UK

Exhibition: 'Poppet and Pop' (Apr 2023) by Joshua Y'Barbo & Daughter at Small House Gallery, London, UK



Small House Gallery is proud to announce Poppet and Pop, a daughter-daddy exhibition of drawings, sculptures, and video. Specifically made for this exhibition, these works are about responding to each other, sharing mark-making gestures and materials, communicating across our different life experiences, and collaboratively creating artworks in the micro-moments of parenthood and domestic life. 

Throughout the drawings and sculptures, we've used elephants, rockets, and kids dressed as superheroes as the primary subject matter. The reoccurring theme of the work is an intergenerational fascination with similar things. The video is a montage of moving images we shot on our outings and daddy-poppet day, which goes through the colours of the rainbow while my daughter and I sing a bedtime song together 



LEFT: ‘Miles up in the Sky’ (2023). Daughter-daddy collaboration. Mixed media (above installation photo by Joshua Y’Barbo)

RIGHT: ‘Sing A Rainbow’ (2023). Video Collage. 1:56. ( >>>link to the video <<< ) 


LEFT: ‘‘From a Great Height’ (2023). Mixed Media on Card. 16cm x 21cm, and 'Miles up in the Sky’ (2023). Daughter-daddy collaboration. Mixed media (above installation photo by Joshua Y’Barbo)

RIGHT: ‘Sing A Rainbow’ (2023). Video Collage. 1:56. ( >>>link to the video <<< ) 


 'Miles up in the Sky’ (2023). Mixed Media on Card. 16cm x 21cm.


‘‘From a Great Height’ (2023). Mixed Media on Card. 16cm x 21cm.

‘Superhero and Rocket’ (2023). Marker, paint and collage on card. Daughter-daddy collaborative drawing. 16cm x 21cm.

LEFT: ‘Super Duper You' (2023). Daughter-daddy collaboration. Mixed media on card. 16cm x 21cm.

RIGHT: ‘Superhero and Rocket’ (2023). Marker, paint and collage on card. Daughter-daddy collaborative drawing. 16cm x 21cm.


LEFT: ‘Go Team’ (2023). Mixed Media on Canvas. 16cm x 21cm. 

RIGHT: ‘Ghost-spider, T-Rex, and Rocket’ (2023). Daughter-daddy collaborative drawing. Mixed media. 16cm x 21cm. 


'Be Bold (Dinosaur Party)!’ (2023). Daughter-daddy collaborative drawing. Mixed media. 16cm x 21cm.


LEFT: ‘Be Bold (Dinosaur Party)!’ (2023). Daughter-daddy collaborative drawing. Mixed media. 16cm x 21cm.

RIGHT: ‘Better When We Work Together’ (2023). Daughter-daddy collaboration. Mixed media on card. 16cm x 21cm.


RIGHT: ‘The Trophy’ (2023). Daughter-daddy collaboration. Mixed media on card. 16 cm x 21cm.

LEFT: ‘Jetpacks and an Elephant in a Room’ (2023). Daughter-daddy collaborative drawings. Mixed media. 16cm x 21 cm.


‘Jetpacks and an Elephant in a Room’ (2023). Daughter-daddy collaborative drawings. Mixed media. 16cm x 21 cm.

‘Some of our Favourite Things’ (2023). Installation of sculptures and wallpaper. Variable sizes.

‘Some of our Favourite Things’ (2023). Installation of sculptures and wallpaper. Variable sizes.

'Poppet and Pop' (Apr 2023). Daughter-daddy exhibition at Small House Gallery.

'Poppet and Pop' (Apr 2023). Daughter-daddy exhibition at Small House Gallery.

'Poppet and Pop' (Apr 2023). Daughter-daddy exhibition at Small House Gallery.

'Poppet and Pop' (Apr 2023). Daughter-daddy exhibition at Small House Gallery.


'Poppet and Pop' (Apr 2023). Daughter-daddy exhibition at Small House Gallery.

‘Sing A Rainbow’ (2023). Video Collage. 1:56. ( >>>link to the video <<< ) 



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