Little Musketeer by Nana Wolke is made of wool, leather and wood and draws on the rocking horse. Rocking horses have become an archetypal symbol of the childhood toy and perhaps recall the idea of naivety and innocence. Like most symbolic objects they belong to another time, yet the idea of riding a horse remains a potent one, as a means of roleplay and of domination.
Nana Wolke is interested in the meeting of two separate worlds in one object: the innocent and the adult, the childlike and the corrupt. The work also explores the ambivalent role that follows for the toy, and its position in a domestic microcosm dominated by comfort.



