If you live in a major city, for the last few weeks you’ve probably been confronted by images like those above. Christmas tree casualties aren’t just proof of
Catherine Coan creates dioramas of suicides starring canary birds. The Canary Suicides are meditations on captivity, miniature embodiment, the pet as fetish and the relationship between death and
Contemporary crochet artists are a little out of my comfort zone, so please permit me an obvious comparison to help us get orientated. Esther Traugot is like a quieter Olek minus the
Swiss-born, Berlin-based artist, Julian Charrière has collaborated with Julius von Bismarck on Some Pigeons are More Equal than Others. The project is about dying 35 pigeon in the city of
Toronto-based artist Amy Swartz combines taxidermy insects and plastic toy parts in an amazing ongoing series called Pest. Her work explores the idea of obsession “not only in the
A couple months back, I asked noted toy photographer, Ryan Roberts [interviewed] to visit Nashville’s Cheekwood Museum of Art on my behalf. Since I couldn’t go see Mathilde
When you want to sit in an Aeron chair made of astroturf, collect a Hello Kitty covered in moss or diguise yourself as a house plant, you need to talk to Makoto
I’ve previously posted about Makoto Azuma‘s Astroturf Aeron Chair and Mossy Hello Kitty. Today, while wondering if a toy collector can ever be at peace with the environment, I
