Toy Art Gallery Shows Francesco Molfetta's Pop Fiction Sculpture

Written by Frank Waddington Wednesday, 16 May 2012 21:52

Hollywood, California.- Toy Art Gallery is proud to present “Pop Fiction” by Francesco Molfetta on view until November 4th. Francesco’s sculpture is meticulous and calculating, blending together familiar pop cultural icons and important political and historical figures to create an amalgam of childishness and controversy. Free of spite or bile and filled with appropriations of beloved things from youth, Francesco intertwines hope and happiness with critique and irony.

Francesco’s love of art history and sculpture is brought to the forefront with his “Michel-Angelo”, a re-envisioning of Michelangelo's David presented as a life-size fiberglass sculpture and limited edition porcelain art multiple. Says Francesco: “The intent is to bring an ancient Art icon out of the classical museum and meet it with a contemporary aesthetic. The world's most famous sculpture (probably) the David by Michelangelo is re-interpreted in a more up-to-date way, camouflaged in a very futuristic Michelin man suit (white like him too!), and there he stands upright in his powerful proud pose. This visual short circuit gives birth to "Michel-angelo", a great homage of a sculptor to the great master.”

The Toy Art Gallery is the first gallery of its kind to showcase and consult on high-end art toys and sculptures. Their goal is to showcase exciting, original, and new artists who use figurative sculpture as their primary medium of expression. They also focus on showing, collecting, and producing high end, limited edition, custom, and life-size toy sculptures. The showroom and gallery is located in Hollywood, California. One of the gallery's specialties is to provide availability on rare and desirable toys, life-size figures, bronze sculptures, and one-of-a-kind custom figures created by some of the leading artists/toy designers from around the world. They also have an incredible selection of aftermarket fine art originals and prints created by the leading pop surrealist and low brow artists working today. The aim is to provide the best works from these artists at a fair market value and priced to fit a variety of budgets. Visit the gallery's website at ... http://www.toyartgallery.com

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