This sculpture is to be sold with a certificate of authenticity issued by Lladró Habdmade Porcelain, Spain.
Catalogue Note:
Gary Baseman depicts round people with big innocent eyes using darkly blurred colors on complex backgrounds or images. They always bring about sensations of being trapped or having psychedelic, gray experiences. He majored in the humanities and believes that people are beautiful because they have many emotions, while those who face negative or dark emotions should not hide or escape them, just face
them. Exploring your deep inner world may bring various gains. A very personal style inspired Baseman’s doll characters which are loved globally and created in a shape of an adult-like child. These dolls have earned him numerous awards, including a cartoon series Teacher's Pet, the winner of several Emmy Awards.

Living and working in San Francisco, Baseman, following the work of Tim Biskup and the Japanese five-person design team Devilrobots, teamed up with high-end porcelain house Llardo on a collection of figures for the company’s series, “The Guest”. This piece is analogous to a celebratory bouquet of flowers in someone’s home. His designs for the series incorporates his interpretation of the series, including personal nostalgic symbols and experiences and even reference the space the exhibition is housed in like the pattern appearing on wallpaper. It is like listening to the artist telling memory or travel based story, showing his delicate observation of life experiences.