Summary • Singaporean artist Jahan Loh is set to release a “POSTCARDS FROM SPACE 天山星::KEPLER-22B” toy on August 8 • The figure is inspired by a painting included in Loh's exhibition of the same name, staged at Le Freeport in Chengdu last fall
A follow up to his immersive, interplanetary-inspired POSTCARDS FROM SPACE in Chengdu last fall, Singaporean artist Jahan Loh is taking his iconic astronauts off the canvas in a new toy.
The figures are based on one of his large-scale paintings displayed at Le Freeport, which explored the concept of "interplanetary diaspora." Here, Loh imagines a future where humans inhabit exoplanets or other celestial bodies. The body of work is rendered through a blend of Eastern iconography, pop culture motifs, and sci-fi, making for unsettlingly surreal, di