Sitting Bull   1983-1984

In 1983, the Peter Moores Foundation commissioned the work for As of Now, curated by William Feaver, the Observer Art Critic, for a biannual exhibition of contemporary art at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. Following some studies in chalk and plaster, the cement sculpture was made as a prelude to the large work in 1984.

Dhruva was already working on the theme of large round form Sitting Bull which was later commissioned by the Merseyside Development Corporation in Liverpool in 1984. The sands and cement work was made on the site and exhibited at the International Garden Festival in Liverpool and was made on the site with sand and cement. Now the work is relocated on the Mersey docks.