SAMY SAN - BIG BARNEY

Samy San explores the world of childhood and consumption through images of toys. He transforms salvaged or mismatched elements into small colourful sculptures. Each one gives life to a character whose story we like to imagine: sometimes from a science fiction novel, sometimes from a 90s cartoon, often travelling from one part of the so-called mainstream culture to another. But not only that, our pleasure of recognition also associates these works with historical references such as Picasso's bulls. These sculptures become the vehicle for a reflexive reverie whose horizon goes beyond conventional categories and the restrictions of habitus to imagine new possibilities and new stories, just as in our childhood games.

Big Barney
2021
18 cm
Mixed media
Edition of 8.