Description
Known for featuring cartoon-like figures and honest humor in his work, the Chris Johanson Plush Balloons hero the American artist's style perfectly. Riffing on Johanson's original drawings, this pair of soft balloon toys beg to be hugged and are as inviting as their feel-good expressions.

A wonderful gift to introduce children to art, or for art-loving adults to display on beds, sofas or shelves.

About the Artist
Chris Johanson was born in San Jose, California in 1968 and currently lives and works in Portland, Oregon and Los Angeles, California. He has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions at galleries and museums including Mitchell-Innes and Nash (New York City), Altman Siegel Gallery (San Francisco), Galleri Nicolai Wallne (Copenhagen), The Modern Institute (Glasgow), and MOCA Pacific Design Center (Los Angeles).

Two monographs have been published on the artist: Please Listen I Have Something to Tell You (Damani, 2007) and Chris Johanson (Phaidon, 2013). Johanson's work has been included in group exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Berkeley Art Museum, Karma, Whitney Museum, PMOMA, White Columns, San Francisco Art Institute, Grey Art Gallery, and the Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City, among many others.

Specifications
- Printed Polyester
- Double-sided design makes the two balloon friends versatile as art objects.
-33cm x 18cm (83.82" x 45.72")

Artwork
Everybody Is A Balloon... (detail), 2002.
© Chris Johanson