For this edition, Cosima von Bonin has revived one of her classic motifs: the Mushroom. In recent years, von Bonin\u2019s oversized figures \u2013 characters such as the Sloth Rabbits and a host of different Crustaceans \u2013 have appeared like ideal museum occupiers, presented as they often are languishing on furniture. All along, the Mushroom has been germinating in them, taking slothfulness a notch further. At first glance, von Bonin\u2019s well-known stuffed animals look like children\u2019s toys. Closer inspection reveals them to be unsuitable for underage audiences. Sometimes friendly and sometimes not so friendly at all, these memes of creative production and the networks that sustain them may also be read as symbols of a \u201cshadow economy\u201d (of art). This specimen, sized to be cuddled, is a case in point. Circulated as an artist\u2019s edition, it weaves another strand into the nexus of art, friendship, and economic relations.<\/p>\n
Dressed in the colors of the \u201cLaccaria amethystine\u201d (aka amethyst deceiver) and covered in a plushy, arguably equally unpalatable material, the self-standing, approximately 16-inch tall piece is titled GEORGE. Those who purchase the edition are free to bend the work into shape as desired (a real DIY edition).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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29 \u00d7 40 \u00d7 29 cm<\/p>\n
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