Childish Things
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For the book Childish Things, Davis & Davis stage mini-psychodramas on miniature sets with toys portraying the conflicted children who left them behind. A baby falls out of a window while its father... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1891661434
ISBN13:9781891661433
Release Date:August 2004
Publisher:Santa Monica Press
Length:96 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 8.0" x 10.0"
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Avid Art Collectors Love This Book!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
We first saw the photos of "Davis and Davis" after reading a glowing L.A. Times review of their show, "Childish Things" at the Watts Art Center. The Davises arrange found and/or discarded toys into unsettling dioramas that aren't like any photos we've seen before. The photos seem at first to be about childhood. My interpretation after studying them, however, is that they are really about trying to make sense of our only partially remembered childhood experiences. The prints suggest that our poor understanding of our memories results in our inability to learn fully from them. We also love this book for the candy-solor-saturated photos themselves with their witty, slightly macabre humor. Craig Myers
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