Javier Calleja
Javier Calleja Mickey Mouse grey (Javier Calleja art toy)
2023

Name: Javier Calleja Mickey Mouse grey (Javier Calleja art toy)
Brand: Javier Calleja
Price: 1600 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

Javier Calleja Little Mickey Grey: A standout limited edition Javier Calleja Mickey Mouse art toy created by the artist in conjunction with the noted 2021 Japan exhibition, “Mickey Mouse Now and Future,” at Parco Museum Tokyo (sponsored by The Walt Disney Company Japan). From a sold-out, limited edition of 350. Housed in well-designed custom packaging; issued white handling gloves. New, never displayed. Medium: Polyvinyl chloride & crystal glass (eyes). 2023. Dimensions: 11.8 x 10.25 x 8.25 inches (30 × 26 × 21 cm). New and accompanied by original packaging. Never displayed. Stamped on the underside of the foot. From a sold-out limited edition of 350. Published by Nanzuka Underground Japan. Further background: In 2021, Parco Museum Tokyo held an exhibition entitled "Mickey Mouse Now and Future" featuring large 3 dimensional works of Mickey Mouse by Javier Calleja, Hajime Sorayama & others. Curator Shinji Nanzuka: “This special exhibition imagines the future of Mickey Mouse, who has become the most famous character in the world. Why does Mickey Mouse continue to be loved by people all across the globe? His sheer presence that is not limited to his richly animate features, cute gestures, and his role as a friend who is at times mischievous but is kinder and more compassionate than anyone else, bears a deep connection to the magic cast by his creator, Walt Disney. ‘I only hope that we never lose sight of one thing –that it was all started by a mouse,’ are the famous words of Walt Disney. For the great creator who continued to believe in the importance and power of imagination and created Disneyland as "the land of dreams,” Mickey Mouse is the one and only symbol that embodies his thoughts and his dreams that live on forever.” Javier Calleja was born in 1971 in Malaga where he lives and works nowadays. Over the years Calleja worked with drawings, installations, sculptures, and paintings, often playing with the scale and perspective in his presentations. Working both in minuscule and large scale his installations were regularly focusing on beguiling the viewer as a significant part of the work. After showing around Spain and the rest of Europe, it was his debut with Aisho Nanzuka in Hong Kong that for the first time debuted on his big-eyed boy characters. Originally imagined as visual representations of the artist's own feelings and experiences, they became his unmistakable signature. Over the years the characters evolved from drawings, over paintings, into sculptures and objects, almost exclusively depicting a boy in the transitional age between the teen and adolescence. With oversized, watery eyes, and subtle addition of red blush, Calleja's characters are little heroes who just overcame something painful and are about to smile again after crying. Related categories: Takashi Murakami. KAWS. Bearbrick. Mickey Mouse. Art toys. Disney. Figurative sculptures. Kids room.

Creator:

Javier Calleja (1971, Spanish)

Creation Year:

2023

Dimensions:

Height: 10.25 in (26.04 cm)Width: 11.8 in (29.98 cm)

Medium:

Glass,Vinyl

Movement & Style:

Street Art

Period:

21st Century