Baby Dolls   

Remember, the road to happiness might just be paved with tiny plastic shoes…

About

Bold, graphic, and colorful, Simmons’ works flirt with Warhol’s elevation and Koons’ recreation of the ‘readymade’ by reworking and embellishing Barbie shoes from her childhood collection and repainted pill bottles from her medicine cabinet. This draws attention to the interesting parallel between both the doll shoes and generic drugs mass produced in China and India that often have negative and overlooked side effects.

The stickers on each piece mimic the familiar yellow warning labels included on many prescription bottles today, reading “may cause drowsiness/do not operate heavy machinery.” ‘Baby Dolls’ convey a desire for transformation, and whether it be through drugs or shoes, both alter the body and mindset of their consumers. 

DIMENSIONS: 12(h) x 9(w) each
MEDIUM: Mixed Media on Canvas; One of a Kind
YEAR: 2017

Five multi-colored canvases with pill bottles spilling out barbie shoes and glitter hanging above a red couch.
Eight mixed media canvas with pill bottles spilling out barbie shoes and glitter hanging on windows in Bergdorf Goodman.
Eight colorful canvases with pill bottles spilling out glitter and barbie shoes hanging above a wood console.
Six pop art canvases by artist Kristin Simmons with pill bottles spilling out glitter and barbie shoes hanging above a green couch.
Closeup of a mixed media art piece with an orange pill bottle against a blue canvas spilling out green barbie shoes and glitter with other multi-colored cavases in the background.
Six brightly colored canvases with pill bottles spilling out barbie shoes and glitter hanging in white frames on the wall of a children's room.
Six colorful canvases with pill bottles spilling out barbie shoes and glitter hanging in a green kitchen above a wooden console.
Five pop art canvases with pill bottles spilling out barbie shoes and multi-colored glitter hanging above a blue couch.
Ten bright mini canvas' with pill bottles spilling out gllitter and barbie shoes hanging on a living room wall.
Nine bright mini canvas in white frames with pill bottles, barbie shoes, and glitter hanging above a green couch.
Eight bright mini canva' with pill bottles and colorful glitter hanging on windows at Bergdorf Goodman.
Five vertical pop art canvases with pill bottles spilling out barbie shoes hanging above a blue cabinet.
Eight different colored neon canvases with pill bottles spilling out barbie shoes and glitter hanging above a white console and yellow chair.
Eight small canvases with pill bottles spilling out colorful barbie shoes and bright glitter hanging above a console table.