Shih Yung-Chun has a penchant for collecting vintage toys, often incorporating them into fanciful scenes. Yet here, he
remakes the toys entirely, albeit with an eerie twist. Enclosed in carefully reproduced, nostalgic packaging, they appear innocent at first glance but conceal disturbing themes. For instance, Toy Packaging.B – Nose Job Made Easy was inspired by a photograph of Nazi officials using callipers to measure a man’s nose, ostensibly to determine racial descent. Subverting childhood playthings, the artist hides unsettling histories in plain sight.

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