"Bears, is a series of portraits of the most unusual sort: ordinary teddy bears that have been turned inside out and restuffed. Each animal's appearance is determined by the necessities of the manufacturing process. Simple patterns and devices never meant to be seen are now prominent physical characteristics, giving each one a distinctly quirky personality: their fasteners become eyes, their seams become scars, and their stuffing creeps out in the most unexpected places. Together these images form a topology of strange yet oddly familiar creatures. They are at once hideous yet cuddly, disturbing yet endearing, absurd yet adorable, while offering a metaphor for us all to consider. These bears, which have lived and loved and lost as much as their owners, have suffered and endured through it all. It is by virtue of revealing their inner core might we better understand our own."
I found this artist who works on various interdisciplinary projects including working with neon lights,puzzles,drawing etc. This particular project appealed to me for its meaning. The bears have all been ripped apart and sewn back together and they have such a creepy look yet an undoubtably familiar and comfortable appeal..I really love the description given about the project and the intention it is expected to have to the viewers.. Each bear has such a sense of nostalgia and endurance through life, its really sweet to think about the bears having their own personality and having lived through their own lives, to think of all the owners they have had play with them, or shove them in a cupboard, being passed on to younger siblings and sold in car boot sales. You wouldnt think, but the project has an underlying meaning whereby it provokes us to think about our own vanity, personality, whats hidden and whats on show. I find it really interesting! ( and the bears are although quite disturbing, still so cute and podgy)
http://www.kentrogowski.com/bears.html
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