Brother, Can You Spare a Kidney?
Debating whether to surrender your vital bodily organs to a Chinese doctor? Maybe one of these squeeze toys will help you decide.
Some people ask for an arm and a leg. These guys want your spleen, pancreas, kidneys, lungs, eyeballs, and any other personal sweetmeats you can spare. And they seem to believe that these Dali-esque squeeze toys are the way to your, umm, heart.
This surreal collection — and the press release that accompanied it — come via an artist named David Foox and a New York gallery called 323East. Per the release:
323East is the only US outlet to get Chinese Edition Organ Donors by Foox
In addition to the amazing new works prepared for this show David is returning from a 2 month stay in Beijing China with Chinese Edition Organ Donors.
323East will be the only US outlet to offer full sets of the Chinese edition of Organ Donor and limited quantity of individual “One Heart” (Red Dragon) and “One Soul” (Rare Infantry Solider) These are rare collectibles and only available through 323East for a limited time.
Foox recently gained international recognition for his Organ Donor Dolls. These vinyl toys consist of miniature human bodies displaying bulbous organ heads, and were designed by Foox to encourage people to become organ donors when a family member needed a double lung transplant.
We suppose voluntarily giving up a kidney is far better than waking up in a strange hotel room in Istanbul with a six-inch scar on your abdomen and a really good story.
But we’re not exactly sure how a squeeze doll would convince someone to hand over their heart — unless, of course, they’ve already donated their brain.
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