Even in those early days, KAWS was hot on the resale market. These creations gained a following, to the point where work posted in the morning would disappear by lunchtime. Like young Hansel and Gretel with their trail of crumbs, KAWS would mark the morning route to his downtown Manhattan office with “subvertising,” “interrupting” fashion advertisements by adding his colorful character Bendy, its sinuous length sliding playfully around the likes of a Calvin Klein perfume bottle or supermodel Christy Turlington. In the late 1990s, the artist, a 1996 graduate of New York’s School of Visual Arts, was making a living as an illustrator for the animation studio Jumbo Pictures. Today, KAWS’s oeuvre encompasses art toys, sculptures and colorful paintings and prints that appropriate pop phenomena like the Smurfs, the Simpsons and SpongeBob SquarePants. KAWS was his tag, chosen simply because he liked the way it looked.
In the beginning, Brian Donnelly was just a kid from Jersey City, New Jersey, who got into the graffiti thing. Avoiding the distinction between products and art objects, KAWS has shown his work increasingly in galleries and museums over the past decade some of his most famous images are re-imagined versions of pop characters like Mickey Mouse and the Michelin Man. Since, KAWS has embraced the commercialist spirit of Claes Oldenburg and Takashi Murakami, designing everything from Kanye West album covers to Nike sneakers. He also began to collaborate on several different toys, including with Nigo (Japanese, b.1970) for A Bathing Ape. These gained international popularity, especially in Japan. In late 1990s, KAWS began to design and produce limited-edition toys.
In 1998, he received the Pernod Liquid Art Award, which offers a grant to new artists. He traveled extensively to work in Paris, London, Germany, and Japan. Once KAWS began to rise in popularity, his graffiti advertisements became highly sought after. Some of his most popular works include his contributions to 101 Dalmations, Daria, and Doug. Immediately after graduation in 1996 from SVA, KAWS began working as a freelance artist for Disney. His images were seen on billboards, bus stops, and in phone booths. KAWS’s career began as a graffiti artist in New York, NY, in the early 1990s. Poster: Very good condition center-fold as issued.Ĭatalog Raisonne: see KAWS Rizzoli Publishing 2010 (Montagut, Celant). Medium: Lithograph in colors on tri-fold out vinyl record jacket, artist illustrated poster and record labels.Ĭontains two vinyl records CD, & Kanye West fold-out poster each individually illustrated by KAWS with the artist's printed signature present on both the poster and lower part of the inside cover.ĭimensions: 12 x 12 inches (record sleeve closed) / Poster 12 x 24 inches.Ĭondition: Cover and records are in very good overall condition. Rare 2008 vinyl 1st Pressing of Kanye West 808s & Heartbreak featuring original offset illustrations by KAWS.
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