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From the Editors​

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We were in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art one weekday afternoon, and we came across an obviously passionate art teacher who was showing her students a few famous Cubist paintings by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. When she asked them what was unique about the works, one of the little ones shouted enthusiastically, “Those pictures are made of shapes!”

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Yes! They were indeed. 

 

​In fact, those children seemed even more excitedly engaged with art than sometimes real grown-up art world people appear to be. And that’s the thing about children: they possess an inherent sense of wonder and curiosity. Of course, we can only hope they remain that way as long as possible - before life comes along and imposes all sorts of “practical” considerations on them.

 

Many of the most renowned artists of the 20th Century, including Picasso, Matisse, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee and Joan Miró, actually collected the art of children; and it surely affected their own work. The art of Jean Michel Basquiat, the “Radiant Child,” clearly exhibited the influence of his own youthful experiences, both good and bad.  

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One particularly inspiring story is that of Yayoi Kusama, who at 95 years of age is the most celebrated artist of the 21st Century. As a child growing up in a traditional home in Japan, she was told repeatedly that girls were not allowed to be artists; and her now beloved polka-dot sculptures, as well as her 'Infinity Mirror Rooms' and playful pumpkins, clearly all convey a significant degree of childlike imagination and whimsy. 

 

And Dallas-based Deborah Roberts’ work has often explored the formation of childhood identity, especially her 2018 'Let Them Be Children', which was recently acquired by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Some very high profile people have obviously also found her youthful explorations significantly compelling, as Beyoncé, Barack Obama and Alicia Keys are amongst those who own her work. 

 

So yes, childhood will always be an influence on our grown up creativity. And with tigernoodles, we hope to nurture that inspiration every day. 

 

(Editors' Note: The staff of tigernoodles work under anonymity, so that there are no outside influences affecting our judgment, and we remain as unbiased as possible.)