The dark side of the doll

Museum of Japanese Art and Technology has the pleasure of inviting you to the opening of the exhibition The dark side of the doll. Monika Mostowik's photographs and collection of dolls on 12 October 2019 at 6:00 pm.

An bjd is made of polyurethane resin. The first ever BJD was made in Japan by the Volks company; today such dolls are manufactured all over the world, though most of them still in Asia. The various parts of the doll are joined with elastic rubber, which makes them poseable. The use of polyurethane resin makes it possible to carve the surface, change the facial features and expressions, e.g. file the nose, enlarge or close the eyes, remove the makeup and apply a new one; in other words: to create a completely different doll. With such dolls as models for her photography, with tremendous attention and insight Mostowik creates miniature worlds in which the doll plays the leading role, telling universal, if dark, tales.

These are dolls but not children’s toys: sad, often disfigured, ugly, imperfect. They are not static figurines; each doll is a unique character. Deeply moving though motionless, they are often disconcerting imitations of humans, underscoring human vices, expressing – and above all inciting – human emotions, often sending a shudder through us.

Exhibition open till: 17 November 2019

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