Toys are no longer for children only; they are at the heart of a new movement being spurred on by graphic artists, graffiti stylists, boutique fashion labels, illustrators, and painters from Hong Kong to New York. There may be no other medium today as vibrant and diverse as the Art Toy movement, with its cultural mashing of academic and street, high and low, art and commerce.
Featuring the innovative and arresting work of Eric So, Tim Biskup, Jim Woodring, Frank Hozik, Dalek, Fafi, Nathan Jurevicius, Gary Baseman, Seonna Hong, Pete Fowler, Todd Schorr, and many more, Toys is a comprehensive document of the Art Toy revolution. Featuring over 500 toys and more than 300 images, as well as interviews with artists and Art Toy pioneers, Toys brings you front and center into this riveting subculture.