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Ironic Heart

January 29, 2015 By Michelle Lamb -

Alex, about 6 years old

Alex, about 6 years old

When our son, Alex, was a young boy (he is 20 years old now), he was thrilled to win anything when he played games at the local arcade. He brought home bouncy balls, tattoo transfers, mini-Slinky crawlers and tons of tiny plastic soldiers. Each one was a treasure—for a moment—then abandoned. What to do with all those leftover toys?

Artist Stéphane Gautier provided one answer. He painted and glued dozens of plastic soldiers into a heart in his creation Street Heart Pink, édition 10, shown by Galerie Barrouplanquart at the Maison & Objet trade fair. Seeing all those little gun-toting plastic soldiers formed into a beautiful, winged heart certainly provided an ironic twist. It also made me wish I had kept some of Alex’s arcade toys.

Artist Stéphane Gautier's Street Heart Pink, édition 10

Artist Stéphane Gautier’s
Street Heart Pink, édition 10

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