Hi, I am selling a beatifull art piece made by one of the most famous Toyism artist DEJO -ARTISTGROUP : Toyism -ARTIST : DEJO -PRODUCTION : Piezo Graph -PRODUCED : Somewhere 2000/2010 -ORIGINAL SIGNED : Yes By DEJO -NUMBERED : Yes 88/250 -CONITION : GREAT but notice the are a few little moist stains on the back but not really disturbing, and will have no influence ont the art. (just check the pics) -SPECIALITIES : This print series was made for an property investing company to give away to their topnotch customers and some employees. So its have been never been for sale or available in galleries! So very hard to get pieces! Overall this art object is a great piece for postmodern artlovers, Toyism Collectors, people who love artist with an extraordinary styles, and ofcourse its a GREAT item for INVESTMENTS! -> The ART is Regestered at "Rijksbureua voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie" te Den Haag -> Regetered "Toyism" nr 555 ----- HERE IS SOME MORE INFO ABOUT "THE TOYISM GROUP" AND "THEIR ARTISTS" Toyism is a contemporary art movement that originated in the 1990s in Emmen, Netherlands. The word symbolises the playful character of the artworks and the philosophy behind it. The suffix ism refers to motion or movements that exist in both the world of art and religion. Nevertheless, the game of Toyism is a serious matter that shows a new, critical and sensitive perspective on our present-day world. Origin Escape of computer spiders, by Dejo, 1990 Toyism as art movement is a reaction on the post-modern world of individualism, which existed in the 1970s through the 1990s, the era in which “everything is allowed”. The name originated in 1990 when artist Dejo made a graphic work which was titled "Escape of computer spiders". It was this work and later similar works that were the origin of the style at the beginning of the nineties. However, it took another two years before this resulted in a manifest.[1] On September the 5th 1992 artist and musician Dejo (pseudonym) from Emmen wrote a manifesto called Mother and introduced Toyism to the audience. History Toyism can be split in two different periods, the period from 1992 to 2000 and 2002 to the present. 1992-2000 A couple of months after the manifesto was written, two other artists from Emmen joined the movement. In the first period, mostly the themes were worked out in a surrealistic manner and the returning presence of fixed icons (computer, space shuttle and teddy-bear) in their paintings. These icons represented the attending artists. The first exhibition was on February 24, 1993 in Het Veenpark. One year after the foundation work was exhibited in New York City.[2][3] At the base was a figurative style with uniform areas of colour and simplistic elements that were inspired by Super Mario and the game console Nintendo.[2] After the triumvirate fell apart, founder Dejo decided to make a world-trip and got inspired to make Toyism more international and open. 2002 After his world-trip Dejo rewrote the manifesto and gave other artists access to join the movement. As from 2002 the group of artists grows exponentially and artists from every corner of the earth decide to participate (Thailand, South Africa, Malaysia, United States, Iceland, Mexico, Peru, Italy, Australia, Canada, Belgium, the Netherlands, Romania, Germany, China). Present Present day the toyists have created 800 works of art, varying from paintings to sculptures and buildings. The toyists had a permanent studio/gallery in Emmen until 2015. In the same year they relocated their headquarters to the city of Groningen. They had a gallery in Villa Heymans next to the Groninger Museum for two years. As of 2017 they are located next to the KLM Flight Academy and Groningen Airport Eelde. Philosophy The philosophy of Toyism is that the artists operate as a collective, instead of separate individuals, hence one Toyist cannot be seen as more important or famous than the other. There is no rivalry among the artists. The evident message they carry out is that the artworks count, not the artist itself that has created it. Although the artists do make their own art, in many occasions the Toyists work together, which means that the produced artwork cannot be attributed to a single artist. Manifesto The secret manifesto Mother contains a palette of ingredients from which mainly paintings, but lately also sculptures, silkscreens, jewelry and glass art emerge. The manifesto is only meant to be read by the attending artists. The artworks can be seen as children of Mother and one or more parents (the artists). A parent can be either a man or a woman, or even more artists representing one parent next to Mother. This can be established because of the anonymous characteristics of the parents, they operate by using a pseudonym hiding their real identity for the audience. Every parent mixes ideas and characteristics with properties of Mother. This strongly connects the children, after all they arose from Mother. Pseudonym Every toyist that joins the group chooses a pseudonym (pen name) starting with one of the available letters from the alphabet, a letter not yet in use by another toyist. This means that the group cannot be represented by more than 26 artists. Every single toyist chooses a so-called puppet, an icon representing the artist. By means of this puppet the toyist has its own face towards the public, although he or she is in fact faceless. Toyists never expose their human face (on photo or camera), instead, they wear masks to cover their identity.