Concrete Playground

Anton Tang is a Singapore-based artist whose miniature cardboard people have been capturing the imagination of passersby on the litter-free streets of his home town. Tang photographs box-suited figurines called Mini Danbos (from Japanese manga series Yotsuba&!) in playful situations that nod to the universal emotions that we real people experience.

Tang says of his work: "There are times when many of us would like to cover our heads with a cardboard box and shield ourselves from the outside world. Other times, we walk around feeling as if we’re enclosed in such packaging anyway — like faceless, boxed-up products on an assembly line. Yet whichever our experience, alienated or anonymous, one plain fact gives us hope: we’re all human. And we’re not alone."

Good Day.

Never Give Up.

Lonely Hopscotch.

Hug.

Anton Tang

[Via Neatorama]