Defining The New Art Scene (September 2005)

This month I'm selecting a discussion forum
from the New York "alternative" toy store
Kid Robot,
where fanatics discuss about recent toy designers,
general street art, and modelling techniques.


You may not call limited toy designs
"art", but judging from the recent
interest of gallerists with street arts,
or the general melting down of boundaries between
art and design, some of these artists
will be in museums tomorrow.


Consider this the 21st Century version
of terracotta figures: most of these toys
are not meant to play with, but to
install on your shelves and watch.


Cheers,


Cedric Caspesyan
centiment@hotmail.com



PS: coming up next, as soon as I find the time, a countdown
review of my last trip to New York, and further ahead
a countdown review of Mois De La Photo (Montreal).
They are a few summer exhibits that I might come back
to, or not, depending how things go.