The Pick-up Truck of Hieronymus Bosch. part 2

The truck again. If memory serves, I photographed it quite thoroughly because around that time I was planning a big book that would have been titled The History of Humour. I would have tagged this truck onto the end of a chapter on Hieronymus Bosch, the man who dropped the detritus of gothic marginalia on the welcome mat of the High and noble Renaissance. This would have been the Truck of Fools careening to its doom, like a medieval metaphor for all of society.

The front is a mad sea creature with ill matched eyes:




Here is the Hell door, with memento mori:



and hermit crabs:



composite creatures:



including Arcimboldo guy:



Scorpion tail:



I wish I had a decent shot of the rear. Cal says there was a metal mouse peeping out of the exhaust.

The best parts tomorrow, final.

Waitaminit. phone call. It's Evans. That looks like Christopher Trotter's work... And I'm to make sure I don't claim this insight as my own... yeah.. Evans knows the score? bugger off, I'm not saying that... yeah, okay... okay, I'll bung an email to Mr Trotter and we'll have this confirmed by tomorrow.
and thanks for roning.

Confirmation already:
"Hi Eddie,
I am currently away on holidays. back in a weeks time. Can send info regarding "The Scavenger" then.
Cheers,
Christopher"

So the truck is titled 'The Scavenger' "...(Christopher Trotter, 1998), based on a war-surplus 1940 Ford Crane truck, New Farm Park, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia."
And here's another link found in my quick browse: Life Forms Sculpture
Don't things move fast in this age of blogging. Christopher Trotter's work can be seen in many places around Brisbane. There's a great bus stop with metal wallabies climbing all over the bench seats. I'll see if I can get a photo or two.