Naivety a contemporary Nativity by Pete Codling

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An antidote to the saccharine and commercial fest that Christmas has apparently become Pete Codling's 'Naivety' is a very modern Nativity inspired by the familiar Christmas story re-shot through a contemporary lens provoking questions between the viewer, the work and the artist. You will know some of the faces that have assumed roles in familiar scenarios and ask if they are right for the part? Who would you have cast? The whole plays out to both jarring and sometimes comically poignant effect while the grand scale of the work sits within a history of religious narrative imagery and tradition. An ambitious series on a large scale with a cast of characters re-visioned for today.