Valerie Carmet

I am a French American pop art assemblage artist and art educator based between Miami and New York. Her signature series “The ToyBox Collection :Not intended for small children” is made of recycled toys. In the tradition of Dada and Pop Art, this ...

I am a French American pop art assemblage artist and art educator based between Miami and New York. Her signature series “The ToyBox Collection :Not intended for small children” is made of recycled toys. In the tradition of Dada and Pop Art, this limited series explores the boundary between art and everyday world. I give a new significance to supposedly innocent toys, turning them into sulfurous and cheeky artworks. I address in a playful way some of our society’s sensitive and controversial issues such as overconsumption, body representation, gun violence, war, gender equality,mental health, sexual freedom …