The Imagery of Japanese Toys
This weekend saw the opening of a custom toy show based around the imagery of Japanese toys. It Came From Skullbrain profiled the talent (much of it local) from the Skullbrain forum, an off-shoot of San Francisco’s Super7, which hosted the event. ICFSB brought out a mix of folks: from kids in strollers to old-schoolers, and of course, lots of Japanese toy fans. I’m reminded of Mark Nagata’s commentary about the Kaiju Comrades show in Tokyo where Mark writes: “They are not used to seeing one artist customizing another person’s figures, and for some the prices were ‘crazy’.” Or as Steve Agin put it: “This is really one of the most interesting art modes of the present. I know of no precedent for it…It can be tough representing the repainting of another artist’s figure as your original work, especially in a potential ‘mine field’ of egos.”
Read the rest and see all the pieces from the show.
