Toxic Dragon #1 Soft Vinyl

Self-produced art toys are designer collectibles created and manufactured independently by the artist or small teams without the backing of a large toy company or mass-market brand. These toys are often highly personal, artistic expressions and are usually made in limited runs. Key Characteristics include independent creation where the artist is in control of the entire process from concept, sculpting, and painting to production and packaging. These are usually made in small batches, often 10–100 pieces, which adds to their rarity, made using materials like resin, sofubi (Japanese soft vinyl), or 3D-printed components. Komuro Takahiro is an artist, who mainly creates three-dimensional works. His works looks like as if they are pop monsters colored in various colors, but they actually stand for serious social problems, formed as Gods and Monsters. The gap between the pop look and the cynical themes presents the distance that we have between ourselves and social problems. Many of Komuro’s works are made of FRP(Fiber-glass Reinforced Plastic). They are molded with clay and the FRP is applied after being modeled. Small sized pieces are made from one model, but each of the work is made into unique pieces with different colors and shapes. Lately, he is creating works by carving them from crimped and laminated wooden panels. FRP is a symbol of the consuming society, which is the reason he uses this material, as it presents the contradiction of participating in the consuming society. Komuro had been strongly influenced, since he was a teenager, by American comics such as “Batman" “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” and “Star Wars Series”, from the visuals of what superman and mutant represents. Humans beyond humans. Later, he was also affected by American dystopia SF movies, such as “The Fly” and StolenSpace gallery exhibits a genre of work that has been variously labeled as 'Underground Art', 'Street Art' or 'Urban Art'. None of these terms satisfactorily represent our artists' work and so we prefer not to pigeonhole it. Some of our artists have a background in graffiti and street art, but not exclusively - all however, are influenced by society's prevailing subculture where there are few rules and anything is possible. StolenSpace lets in the life-giving vitality of this environment that has long been overlooked by galleries and museums. SELLING ORIGINAL ARTWORK & PRINTS BY: Arth Daniels, Brad Downey,Charles Krafft, Chloe Early, Chris Levine, D*face, David Bray, Evan Hecox, Gerald Laing, Jeff Soto, Kai & Sunny, Kirsty Whiten, Meryl Donoghue, Miss Van, Mysterious Al, Pete Fowler, ROA, Ronzo, San, Seen, Shepard Fairey, Sylvia Ji, The London Police, Usugrow, Von, Will Barras, Word To Mother