Mike Kelley | Little Friend

Mike Kelley

Little Friend

Melbourne, Australia/Tokyo, Japan: Perks and Mini/Medicom Toy, 2007

41 x 25 x 18 cm.

Edition of 800

Valued at around $800 US, this blue fur and felt plush toy speaks twenty random phrases when squeezed. These include "Hurt me, I don't mind!”, "Do you really love me?”, "You’re my little sissy now” and “Get it away from me, get it away”. Batteries not included. 

"He's back! Do you miss the special love that a Little Friend can give? I bet you do! If you're like most of us, there's a Little Friend from your past whose voice haunts you across space and time. Little Friend is the specter of your childhood, when you stood at puberty's door.

"No, no," whined Little Friend, "don't abandon me!" ...But you did.

Maybe it took a little longer than everyone wanted it to. Perhaps you were guilt-tripped and teased. Now Little Friend has returned. Say hello to Little Friend, the voice of your past.

Little Friend: For the sissy in all of us.”

- publisher statement