In 1989, when Super Future Kid was eight years old and living in East Germany, the Berlin Wall fell, and a whole new world opened up to her. For the first time, she saw green lawns in front of houses and tasted Coca-Cola. Most importantly, she had access to Western TV, and became fascinated with cartoons like the Adventures of the Gummi Bears and Ghostbusters, and with the toys that were advertised during the commercials. “These were epic times for me,” she remembers. Today, she is just as obsessed with cartoons and toys as ever — “I really have to get a hold of myself every time I pass the toy aisle at any supermarket,” she says — and uses them as inspiration for her wacky, wonderful rainbow-colored paintings and Play-Doh-esque sculptures. “My love for toys will never change,” the London-based artist explains in the following interview with i-D. “I can see myself still buying Legos, an action figure, and a new My Little Pony at the age of 80.”
Linda Lopez in the Arkansas Times