paintings are not made to cut little figures out of, you are not allowed to practice shooting your laser gun with this marble sculpture as a target. and that audiovisual 3d-installation is not considered a proper playground tool. according to the custodian. yet in niet aanraken s.v.p. birza the bear and his friends find out how you can succeed in having fun with art. more fun than just watching it, that is.

niet aanraken s.v.p. (please do not touch) is the netherlands' most controversial children's book on plastic arts. it features a very special brand of cartoons in clear black and white drawings and deceptively simple rhymes, and in the background some help from people like miró, malevich and picasso.

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