Operating in a wide range of materials, scales and forms, Gregor Kregar has forged a reputation as one of New Zealand’s leading contemporary sculptors. Kregar’s dinosaurs subvert the original and more menacing definition of the word (‘terrible lizard’) and through a process of experimentation each sculpture is marked with a friendly character, mimicking that of an inflatable balloon or pool toy. Kregar is well known for his explorations of the prism form, observed here as a futuristic rock of welded corten steel.

Inspired by his children's fascination with dinosaurs, Kregar explains: “I am interested in how the familiar subject can be represented in a way that displaces the original meaning and imbues the subject with new and unfamiliar meanings. My work deals with issues of ambiguity and the uncanny, yet it is strongly connected to the social, economical and political environment I live in.”