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zHumanoyd (baby), from the Boezels collection

The Boezels are a series of seventeen fuzzy toys designed for mentally challenged children. Sensorial stimulation in a relaxing environment has proven to have beneficial effects, encouraging the learning process and reducing anxiety. The recipients of these toys also participate actively in their creation, as Verdonck has established a workshop in the day care center De Wisselstroom, in the Netherlands. Suitable for all children, these abstract objects leave room for the imagination: they may be transformed into a range of characters that widens with individual interpretation, opening up countless possibilities for narrative.

Credit: Dorothy Cullman Purchase Fund...

2004
Mirror foil, cotton, eucalypthus, and roses
36.0 x 25.0 x 9.0 cm
192.2006
Image © 2019 Twan Verdonck
Text © MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York

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The Museum of Modern Art
Permanent collection