The Broken Toys

of Loïc Jugue

What fascinates me in these burnt dolls is the detail of the material, the carbonized plastic or simply modified by the action of heat. Deep blacks, wrinkles and crevices, burnt caramel face, artificial hair that shrinks in the heat. Body hollowing out, deforming under the intensity of the flame...

These dolls undergo through fire and other destructive actions a sort of metamorphosis which takes them out of the world of childhood to go towards that of adults.