Los Angeles (2019-2021): Disruptive Selection (Fall 2019 & Spring 2020): Torayan

Kenji YANOBE (b. 1965)Thermoplastic polymer (PVC)12 5/8 x 6 3/4 in (32.2 x 17 cm)Edition of 300Published by Billiken Shokai, JapanSigned under Backpack in marker in Japanese and dated 2007, numbered 189/300 with small doodle of helmet, stamped on back: Copyright KENJI YANOBE BILLIKEN SHOKAI, and numbered 189 with stickers on Geiger counterIn the words of the artist: A bar code head with a bit of chopsticks, a Polish trickster who sings Polish folk songs. The original [ventriloquist] doll of Yanobe Kenji's father, who was incorporated into the work as a symbol of the fusion of children and adults. Expanding the world while expanding and proliferating.Source: www.yanobe.com/artworks/torayan.htmlPlease click HERE for full fact sheet
Torayan, 2007

 

Kenji YANOBE (b. 1965) 

Thermoplastic polymer (PVC) 

12 5/8 x 6 3/4 in (32.2 x 17 cm) 

Edition of 300 

Published by Billiken Shokai, Japan 

Signed under Backpack in marker in Japanese and dated 2007, numbered 189/300 with small doodle of helmet, stamped on back: Copyright KENJI YANOBE BILLIKEN SHOKAI, and numbered 189 with stickers on Geiger counter 

In the words of the artist: A bar code head with a bit of chopsticks, a Polish trickster who sings Polish folk songs. The original [ventriloquist] doll of Yanobe Kenji's father, who was incorporated into the work as a symbol of the fusion of children and adults. Expanding the world while expanding and proliferating. 

Source: www.yanobe.com/artworks/torayan.html 

Please click HERE for full fact sheet