Don Driver

[1] Driver was self-taught and worked in a variety of media including painting, sculpture, collage and assemblage.

The resulting work, Ritual (1982), consists of ten 44-gallon drums topped by children's dolls with goat-skull heads holding pitchforks, all mounted on a cart.

The acquisition proposal met stern opposition from civic council politicians who objected to the offensive nature of the work[5] and ultimately failed.

Ritual was subsequently acquired in 1989 by the National Art Gallery (now the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa).

[6] In 2013 filmmakers Paul Judge and Bridget Sutherland produced the documentary Don Driver: Magician.