This Visual Toy is one of the first and foundational, created in 2016, it constitutes the second Visual Toy of all those created and the one that gave the first successes and popularity to the artist and his unique creations.

This Visual Toy has singularities that inform us of the artist's search for the construction of a Visual Toy, establish its bases and norms and seek the closed concept that is so successful today. This work supposes the experimentation of the out of plane and that the edges of the canvas cut the Visual Toy, being a common parameter within Visual Toys its position prostrate on the ground as a physical object, this teaches us a successful experimentation of a Visual Toy with cut creating an alternate pattern.

Exhibited in Singapore at Asia's 1st Gif-Art Festival in 2017. Featured and featured in the artist's interview on MTV Asia on the occasion of the festival. Link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=OlhTJ56r7gU

It was also featured by Hi-Fructose The New Contemporary Art Magazine. Link here: https://es-la.facebook.com/HiFructose/videos/javier-arres-an-illustrator-and-graphic-designer-living-in-madrid-spain-crafts-a/1397325970313562/

You can also read the article dedicated to the artist with this work illustrated the cover prominently. Link here: https://hifructose.com/tag/javier-arres/

This work was also commented on and dissected within an art and culture section of National Radio Télévision Suisse in its Happy Pics radio section on 01.19.2017. Here the link, original audio in French, Link here: https://www.rts.ch/play/radio/happy-culture/audio/visual-toys-par-javier-arres?id=8285353

It is also the original Visual Toy of which a version was made with important changes but keeping the idea to adapt it to a competition for an international hotel chain. Being the title of this derivative "The Ancient Rome City Coffee Machine", today available with various editions in contrast to its mother Visual Toy, "The Fantastic Coffee Machine" which is available in a single edition due to its importance and much higher value.

A Visual Toy full of history, relevance and importance for the artist and his career.

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