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toy figure of a man with long hair wearing a green outfita green stuffed animal that is holding a cell phonea toy figure of a man with a knife in his handa green stuffed animal with a gun in its hand
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Kim SIMONSSON Moss boy with glass triangle - 2019 Moss People (Peuple de la mousse) Ceramic, glass, nylon fibre and found objects 100 × 38 × 38 cm Ceramic, glass, nylon fibre, and found objects 39.37 × 14.96 × 14.96 in. Provenance: Galerie NEC, Paris Acquired from the gallery by the current owner Born in Helsinki in 1974, Kim Simonsson graduated in ceramics from the Helsinki University of Art and Design in 2000. After spending three years in Canada, he returned to Finland in 2004, the year in which he was named ‘Young Artist of the Year’ and joined the Arabia Art Department Society. Since then, he has been working in his studio in the village of Fiskars, on the edge of the forests that would become a constant feature of his work. It was a studio accident, around 2014, that gave rise to his most famous series. By applying yellow nylon fibre flock to a sculpture already covered in black, the artist achieved that phosphorescent green which would give its name to the Moss People. Hand-modelled in stoneware or porcelain, these life-size figures of children and animals form a tribe that has escaped industrial civilisation, blending Nordic folklore, ancient mythology and video-game imagery. The fibre absorbs light where the glaze would otherwise reflect it. Winner of the Pro Finlandia Prize in 2024, the Svenska Kulturfonden Prize and the Walter Runeberg Foundation Prize, Kim Simonsson has exhibited from Helsinki to Paris, and from the Lyon Biennale to Lille. His works are included in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Nationalmuseum in Oslo, the Gothenburg Museum of Art and the Gifu Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, amongst others. Kim SIMONSSON
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About the sale Earth & Fire: Ceramics
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Auction time 10/23/2026 at 4:00 PM
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