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Florentijn Hofman’s super sized stuffed animals

Matthew Rodriguez — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:54:01 +0000

Florentijn Hofman is currently showing at Galerie West his latest project "Dushi" which is a series of extremely oversized stuffed animals "where the change of scale completely changes their function and feeling." Yes, they've been altered to be even MORE cuddly.

Fallen Princesses

Sundance Channel — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:06:27 +0000

It seems that childhood is a spring of inspiration for many recently. Right on the heels of our post regarding Hoffine's horror series about childhood fears, we'd like to invite you to check out Dina Goldstein's series entitled Fallen Princesses, depicting fairy tale characters in modern day scenarios. Goldstein isn't the first to destroy the idyllic scenarios of fairy tales as propagated by the likes of Disney. Stephen Sondheim's INTO THE WOODS addresses the consequences that traditional fairy tales conveniently ignore and covers multiple themes: growing up, parents and children, accepting responsibility, morality, and, finally, wish fulfillment and its consequences.

Yoram Wolberger’s life sized figurines

Matthew Rodriguez — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:01:15 +0000

San Francisco based Israeli artist Yoram Wolberger provides a different perspective on childhood and nostalgia with his series of life sized fiberglass sculptures of instantly recognizable plastic toy figurines, such as cowboys, Indians, and green soldiers.