Technology, more specifically AI, is evolving at lightening pace.
Its vast potential benefits are already widely publicised but less so are its likely more nefarious aspects.
Have we unwittingly allowed the “genie out of the bottle” or even created some “Frankenstein” technology that might soon spiral out of our control?
Peter Gilbert’s conceptual artworks seek to address many of these issues, using a combination of creativity and humour laced with irony.
Action Man and Barbie Doll are often the main protagonists in these satirical works, symbolising the human race in a series of provocative scenarios.
Inspired by children’s fables, Biblical events or fictional literary works, they offer a cautionary tale about the future we are about to embark upon…

Trojan 2.0

33x44x11cm
Spray painted toy horse, driftwood, circuit board
2025

Dolly 2.0

34x36x5.5cm
Barbie Doll, cotton wool aluminium foil, wood
2025

Frankie (designer-robo-baby)

38x32x23cm
Spray painted toy doll, modeling clay
2025

Not all that glitters is golden

80x80x17cm
Painted vacuum cleaner handle, steel, wire, cotton wool
2024

Vitruvean Man

60x60x8cm
Painted reassembled Action Men, palm leaf plate
2024