COLLECTORS PRIVATE VIEWING

The work of the artist OTON is both playful and provocative. Beneath its childlike and innocent appearance lies a sharp reflection of our society. Its greatest attraction lies in the dichotomy, skillfully combining opposites that capture our attention. It presents us with an entertaining game of double meanings and contradictions: humor and social critique, sweetness, and perversion, childlike and adult themes. This body of work challenges societal norms and delves into major issues of our time, such as globalization, consumerism, inequality, and media manipulation.

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OTON employs humor as a seductive tool for the viewer, accompanied by a simple, approachable, and childlike language that draws us closer to their art. Humor offers a lighter way of presenting ideas, creating an initial approach, but upon closer inspection, reveals deeper layers beneath a series of animated characters.

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Popular culture's most famous cartoons are transformed into burlesque imitations of ourselves in OTON's…