Menacing Teddy Bears From Elisabeth Higgins O’Connor
Just when you thought Mike Kelley achieved all that was possible in the “soft sculptural” realm, here come artist Elisabeth Higgins O’Connor‘s 7-foot teddy bears, or, as she calls them in nightmare-friendly fashion, “No-names.” O’Connor currently has a show running at LA’s David Salow Gallery. Here’s a descriptive snip from the LA Weekly:
Imagine an alternate ending in which Little Red Riding Hood, Grandma, the Woodsman and the Big Bad Wolf join forces in a sewing circle to create an army of spawn from the detritus of the urban/industrial world encroaching on their simple way of life, and you might get an idea of what glares at passersby from the window of David Salow Gallery in Chinatown.
