Baseman’s wide-ranging portfolio includes illustration for numerous publications from the New York Times, Rolling Stone, and the Wall Street Journal to artists books, toy design and high-profile collaborations, most recently a couture line for fashion brand COACH.
Baseman transcends an early career in illustration to break boundaries into many media: designing bestselling board game Cranium and the creator of the Emmy-winning ABC/Disney cartoon series, Teacher's Pet.
Imaginary Friends showcases dozens of dynamic characters created by Gary Baseman.
Shifting from a successful career in editorial illustration that started in the 1980s, Baseman started to create his own cast of characters in the 1990s that represent aspects of the human condition. The characters exist as drawings, paintings, toys, fashion, or appear in photographs and video.
Demonstrating Baseman’s “pervasive art” that crosses media and disciplines, Imaginary Friends shows his characters manifested in multiple ways, allowing viewers to engage personally and experientially, connecting the characters’ stories with their own.
Exhibition curated by Alice Hutchison
Excerpt from Gary Baseman's sketchbook
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