U.S. Exhibit For Celebrated “Organ Donor Doll”

323East hosts internationally acclaimed artist David Foox for his first and only U.S. solo exhibition in the 2009-2010 calendar year. The exhibit opens on Saturday November 28 with an artist’s reception from 6 p.m. – 11 p.m., and runs through December 18. The show is free and open to the public, and will help raise awareness for Gift of Life Michigan.

A former New York City attorney, Foox first gained international recognition for his Organ Donor Dolls. These vinyl “toys” (created in the vein of Kidrobot Munnies and Dunnies) consist of miniature human bodies displaying bulbous organ heads, and were designed by Foox to encourage people to become organ donors when a family member needed a double lung transplant. Organ Donor Dolls captured the attention of both the media and the medical world garnering features on the BBC, along with newspapers and magazines the world over. Building on his Organ Donor Dolls’ notoriety, Foox’s exhibit will help raise awareness for Gift of Life Michigan, a full service organ recovery organization that acts as the intermediary between donors, physicians and hospital staff, provides all services necessary for organ, tissue and cornea donation. This includes education, retrieval, preservation, tissue-typing and organ placement, as well as maintaining the Michigan Organ Donor Registry.

323East will be the only US outlet to offer full sets of the Chinese edition of Organ Donor Dolls.Shirking his legal suit for good, Foox now devotes his life to painting; sculpting and creating works of art that both beguile and heal. “Painting transformed from a stress relief outlet to a mission of creation,” explains Foox.

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