Play: Toys Reimagined as Art
Sep 10, 2017 – Feb 18, 2018
Play: Toys Reimagined as Art highlights artists who use toy-like materials to create magically transformative installations, videos and sculptures for “the kid in all of us.”
The exhibition features site-specific works by six artists working in diverse media from crayons to building blocks and inflatables. With its highly interactive and engaging artworks, Play focuses on the similarities between how children and adults experience various playful habits of invention, such as curiosity, imagination, and problem solving.
From playfulness to mathematical strategy, the artists in Play create experiences that invite the viewer to interact, enjoy and reflect on the nature of wonder and delight in art.
SELECTED WORKS
Friends enjoying Quadropus, a site-specific sculpture by artist Jason Hackenwerth featuring over 5,000 balloons
Friends enjoying Quadropus, a site-specific sculpture by artist Jason Hackenwerth featuring over 5,000 balloons
Kids enjoying White Elephant I by Billie Grace Lynn
Jon Rolph (British, Contemporary) Muybridge’s Horse in Motion – Recreated in Lego (film still), Stop motion animation with Legos, Courtesy of the Artist
Jon Rolph (British, Contemporary) Paint (film still), Stop motion animation with Legos, Courtesy of the Artist
Herb Williams (American, Contemporary) Call of Couture (Loius-Vouitton Doberman), Crayola Crayons, Courtesy of the Artist
Jason Scroggin (American, Contemporary) Massimals (detail), 2010, Mixed media, Courtesy of the Artist
Herb Williams (American, Contemporary) Call of the Wild (The Ripple Effect) (detail), Crayola Crayons, Courtesy of the Artist
Billie Grace Lynn (American, Contemporary) White Elephant I, 2007, 8’H x 6’W x 10′ L, Ripstop nylon, chiffon, electric fan, Courtesy of the Artist
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