Barbie The Museum Collection

07 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment

by madsilence in Art, Culture, Popular Culture Tags: Barbie, doll collecting, dolls

Ok, so it’s not fine art, and it’s mass produced, and at $34.95 it’s pretty affordable.  So why not?  

 So some things just shouldn’t be for sale.

If toys speak to a society’s values and beliefs, what do these dolls say about American society?  That we minimize the world’s greatest artistic creations?  Or mass produce them to share with all?  That almost anyone can afford a bit of beauty in their lives?  Or that collectors will lock away these beauties, mint & never opened in the original box, in anticipation of future returns?  Or should I just relax and enjoy the little beauties?     

Mattel pays homage to artists Klimt, Van Gogh and da Vinci in these recent additions to the Barbie World Culture Collection

Of course, if I could just find Barbie in her Starry Night dress I might just pay the $80 one vendor is charging for the discontinued doll.

 

That Van Gogh inspired dress!  And those shoes!  Yowza!

 

 

 

 

And what about paying homage to that badly abused & iconic image, Grant Wood’s American Gothic? Oh so it’s already been done.

So read more:

Barbie, the Klimt Edition

The Barbieriffic® Barbies® of the Museum Collection Barbie® Collection

 

 

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