Brazil has an interesting figurine artist couple, Toco-Oco, which consists of two main creators, Lara Alcántara and Guilherme Neumann. The colorful series of dolls they created are all somewhat special, one by one, as if wearing strange masks, there are surreal style performances, and there is also an alternative performance.
The two men, who met many years ago in a visual arts class, were both artists on a gallery contract and came together because of their like-mindedness. His wife, Laura Alcantara, learned a lot of sewing skills from an early age with her mother who opened a doll workshop, and has a special affection for dolls. In an interview, the two talked about the idea of creating dolls, initially only because the artists who signed up to the gallery earned too little and needed to subsidize their families. As a result, the couple began to experiment with various materials, such as textiles, wood, resins, clay, clay, bronze, wax and mixed creation of various materials, and even graffiti, engraving and other skills were also added, enriching their ideas about "dolls".
They like to think of the doll as a representative of themselves, not just a toy at work. They explain: "The world of dolls is a world very similar to ours, full of justice and hope. Our creation is a process of respecting the connection between nature and exploration. ”
Through dolls, they reconstruct their own existence, express ideas, and project ideas, conveying different themes such as life and death, existentialism, man and nature.
It didn't take long for their dolls to become more and more successful and popular, and something changed in their original idea: the original art creation model quickly grew into a successful business model. Couples create a limited number of doll works per month, about 60-90 pieces. These works are numbered and usually sold out within minutes...
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