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Teddy bears

Teddy bears, 2008 & .

The teddy bear: thè ultimate stuffed animal from our childhood days. An object without a will upon wich we project all our love and hate, dreams and fears. For a while. Then we grow up and dump Teddy: used up and no longer wanted. How would the bears look when all that they have absorbed in that time would be visible?

Teddybears, big and small, made from second hand blankets. Variations on the traditional pattern of the original Teddy bear. I made the small ones for the exhibition ‘Terugblik in kindertijd’ at Ververs and the big ones for the performance of the ‘Foolish People’ called ‘Terra Extremitas’ at the docks in Amsterdam.

CAR, Zolverein, Deutschland, presentation Galerie Ververs, overview, teddy bear blanket statues, 2009
Baadster(bather) at Welten schaffen, Galerie Schwenck, Castrop-Rauxel, Deutschland, 2010, blanket statue with tape drawing
Girlfriends, Teddy bears, blanket statue 2008, 130x160x100 cm.
Twins, teddy bears,  blanket statue, 2008, 90x80x60 cm.
Plane, teddybears, blanket statue, 2008, 15x20x50 cm.
Franny (dear), the Nursery, 2008, 60x110x100 cm.
Cordelia (pink), the Nursery, 2008, blanket statue, 140x40x40 cm.
Bloeien (bleeding), teddy bear, blanket statue, 2008, 20x22x30 cm.
Geboeid (chained), teddy bear, blanket statue, 2008, 50x15x15 cm.
Qworck, teddy bear, blanket statue, 2008, 15x20x26 cm.

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