Paola Pivi's 70 Psychedelic Plush Bears Take Over Perrotin New York

Key facts

• Paola Pivi (Milan, 1971) is the artist.
• The exhibition is titled 'We are the baby gang'.
• It is held at Perrotin gallery in New York on Orchard Street.
• The show features 70 polar bear statues with psychedelic plumage.
• This is Pivi's ninth solo exhibition with Perrotin.
• The bears' plumage is inspired by Alaska and India, where Pivi has lived.
• The work addresses climate change and animal adaptation.
• The bears engage in human activities like yoga, circus trapeze, and fighting.
• Props include a Jimmy Choo stiletto as a consumerism symbol.
• The exhibition runs until June 8, 2019.
• Pivi also has a concurrent show 'World Record' at MAXXI in Rome.