Cracked bear (blue) by Daniel Arsham Explore Mondoir Collection Medium: Fabric & Plaster Dimensions: 12.7 x 20.3 cm Year: 2018 Price on request Status: available Why collect this work?A seated toy form is recast as an incomplete-looking object, with irregular pale passages interrupting its blue body and complicating the bear’s association with comfort. Here, Daniel Arsham reduces the bear to broad, recognizable features: round ears, blunt limbs and a frontal seated pose. Individual character gives way to the object type.The photograph shows blue areas thinning or breaking across the face, torso and feet. These uneven transitions visually support the title Cracked bear, although the image cannot confirm cracks, texture or physical condition.The documented pairing of fabric and plaster combines materials associated with flexibility and rigidity. It might make possible the central contradiction: a soft toy translated into a hardened sculptural remnant.Made in 2018 at a documented 12.7 by 20.3 cm, this compact sculpture sharpens a question about classification: when does a familiar plaything begin to read as an artifact? About the ArtistDaniel Arsham Daniel Arsham is an artist featured in the Mondoir Collection. Nationality: American Contemporary artist known for blending sculpture and architecture.
