Stuffed Animal and Plush Toy Photography by Michelle Luke
FREE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW
"ON THE BRINK OF EXISTENCE"
THE BLUE DANUBE CAFE
306 CLEMENT STREET (AT 4TH AVENUE)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118
DATES: April 10th until May 31st - Ongoing.
PLEASE COME! OPEN TO ALL - EXHIBIT LASTS UNTIL THE END OF MAY 2009 (WITH LIVE MUSIC ON MONDAYS/THURSDAY NIGHTS).
"ON THE BRINK OF EXISTENCE: Paying Homage to the Great Stuffed Animal"
Description of the Show:
Ever ready to please but all too often neglected, the Great Stuffed Animal has become a forgotten relic of yesterday’s toy store; replaced by electronic gadgets, video games and television shows that steal away from children their ability to imagine the unimaginable and enter a world of make-believe without the assistance of technology.
Stories like The Velveteen Rabbit, and songs like Puff the Magic Dragon, remind us that there is a certain soulfulness in the things that we love whether they are inanimate toys, or mere figments of our own imagination.
This photography series seeks to capture Stuffed Animals in their moments of glory, however brief those moments might be. It focuses on the contrast between reality and make-believe by juxtaposing non-living plush toys with the real settings that surround them.
The dichotomy between the real and the unreal represents the precarious and tenuous state of uncertainty through which the Great Stuffed Animal has endured, straddling the brink of existence, and entirely vulnerable to live or die at the whims of the imaginations of those with the power to bring them to life and keep them alive.
Each Stuffed Animal in this collection has a unique background story. A few of these stories have been provided as context as part of this exhibit.
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Date: 06/25/2008
Size: 14 items
(92 items total)
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Album: Stuffed Animal Photos of Plush Toy Golden Retriever Puppy Chris at North Lake
Chris is a playful Golden Retriever Puppy who likes to jump into ponds and play in the grass
Date: 07/07/2008
Size: 7 items
Views: 32232
Keywords: golden retriever, golden retriever puppy, stuffed puppy, stuffed animal puppy, stuffed toy dog, stuffed animal golden retriever, plush toy in action, puppy jumping into pond, puppy in grass, puppy in field, puppy climbing tree, stuffed animal puppy in tre
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Album: Stuffed Animal Photos of Plush Toy Leopards Playing in Sutro Park
These are some shots of my two stuffed-leopards Patrick and Leppie at Sutro Park
Date: 07/07/2008
Size: 9 items
Views: 28353
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Album: Stuffed Animal Photos of Buttercup the Plush Toy Baby Bear Cub
Here are some shots of Buttercup the Baby Bear Cub
Date: 07/07/2008
Size: 4 items
Views: 19374
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Album: Stuffed Animal Photos of Plush Toy Turtle-Tales at Stow Lake
TurtleTales explores Stow Lake for the first time
Date: 07/07/2008
Size: 9 items
Views: 28663
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Album: Stuffed Panda Playing with Food To-go
Date: 08/04/2008
Size: 3 items
Views: 18256
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