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Toy Story

David Levinthal photographs 4-inch toys in poses that are disturbingly real. His work, displayed in more than three dozen museums, generates anxiety and provokes debate.

Story by Blake Hallanan
Photography by David Levinthal

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 Toy Story

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Wild West


Blackface


Hitler Moves East


Mein Kampf


Modern Romance


Barbie Millicent Roberts

DARK PAST: The Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia came under attack when it scheduled an exhibit of Blackface in 1997. The show was canceled, and a smaller version exhibited in New York at the Janet Borden Gallery in SoHo.