Mini-truck sushi

What's not to like about plastic sushi strapped to plastic trucks on porcelain plates? I mean, this has got everything.

The series of sculptures featured on AZITO show the perfect merger discovered between TOMY toy cars, plastic food models used by restaurants, and the dishes accompanying those cuisines. Four carry enticing plastic sushi models, while another four carry Chinese food models. Strapped down to the toy cars, the plastic foods are readily docked onto the very dishes which would be used in their consumption. Yet, the cars cannot budge from the perimeter of the dish; the food cannot be consumed; and the viewer recognizes the paradox in having the exact collection of items needed for transporting food onto the table and into our mouths - and yet, not being able to perform either function. Enticing us with our own desires of play, eating, and mimicry, and then turning such impulses into plastic model visions, these eight sculptures beautifully capture the spirit of "Paramodel".

Paramodel "tommy sushi" & "tommy ca". (Thanks, Francesco!)

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ecobore

Real sushi strapped to miniature radio controlled trucks driven from plate to plate… Success!
LeFunk

Make it bacon.
Godfree

What’s not to like? It’s not real! I’m with you, ecobore.
bunaen

I want a bigger model, say a won ton truck.
KaiBeezy

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where’s usb plug?
what?
not flash drive!
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Anonymous

It does have everything.
jennybean42

I was totally about buying the whole set for my son, who is going through the three year old “hoarding of small metal cars” phase, and then saw that they are $270 dollars each. Dayum.