{"product_id":"kato-plastic-model-kpms-1-2022","title":"Izumi Kato - Plastic Model KPMS-1, 2022","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSize variable : 8 x 38 x 8 cm | 3 1\/8 x 14 15\/16 x 3 1\/8 inch\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBox : 7 x 33.5 x 12.5 cm | 2 3\/4 x 13 3\/16 x 4 15\/16 inch\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e200 Editions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“As the pandemic dragged on, it curtailed people’s movements and forced them to stay home. Amidst it all, Kato revisited his childhood passion for making toy plastic models. He found a series of discontinued antique models of animals from the U.S. and became obsessed with assembling them. Instead of rigid machines like cars, ships, or airplanes, Kato chose to create figurines of creatures in the natural world, which he then introduced into his own works. It didn’t take long for Kato to stumble upon the idea of making original, custom-made models of his own. For his muse, he chose stones as the shapes created by Mother Earth, the very life of our planet. He selects their unique, natural forms, duplicates them as models, and recreates his paintings as decal stickers for his plastic rocks. This way, anyone—artist or not—can make a stone human figure. Kato has even gone so far as to prepare the packaging and an instruction manual for his models.“\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e— Kamiya Yukie (Art Critic, Independent Curator), \u003ci\u003eIZUMI KATO—Parasitic Plastic Models \u003c\/i\u003e(2022)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Izumi Kato","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48184019321169,"sku":"","price":3000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0820\/5084\/2961\/files\/Screenshot2024-03-09at1.27.03PM.png?v=1710019668","url":"https:\/\/storela.perrotin.com\/products\/kato-plastic-model-kpms-1-2022","provider":"Perrotin Store Los Angeles","version":"1.0","type":"link"}