The toy is the recipient of our subjectivity . . . it is an entity capable of becoming, through us, either banal or significant. Every emotional relation with a toy is our creation; its sense, its intention and its weight depend on us.
- Liliana Porter-
"Blue Eyes," 2000, cibachrome, 32.5 x 22.25 inches
This is a link to her exhibition, "Secret Lives of Toys": Liliana Porter Photographs, Orme Lewis Gallery at the Phoenix Art Muesum
Liliana Porter, born and raised in Argentina, lives and works in New York. Although primarily a printmaker and painter, photography has been a point of departure for her work, as have children's toys and kitsch objects. In this exhibition, her deceptively simple photographic portraits feature toys and figurines, alone or in pairs, who are directly engaging the viewer or conversing between themselves. The moment caught by Porter's camera seems to be real, as if the characters are posing and have even dressed up for the occasion.
Really delightful...
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