Demelza Sherwood

CCAS Manuka
19 Furneaux St, Manuka ACT

Demelza Sherwood
Gormley's School for Lion Tamers


3 -13 November 2005
Opening 6pm Thursday 3 November, 2005



Roll up! Roll up! to Gormley’s School For Lion Tamers.

In the tradition ofToulouse-Lautrec and the Mabel Stark Lion and Tiger Training School For Women,a troupe of paper dolls preen plastic smiles and blackened teeth.

See the spectacle of freaks montaged from a 1930s Play Pictorial and the acrobats who missed their tricks.

See Drawings! Strongmen, aerialists and wire walkers flit and stain the paper. The Siamese twins get funky with The Flash. The bearded lady is as beautiful as ever, and the everyday is grotesque and compelling seen through the lens of this sideshow spectacle.