$1,088Sale Price|20% Off
KAWS BAPE Dissected Milo (Brown)
By KAWS
Located in BRUCE, ACT
KAWS BAPE Dissected Milo (Brown) 2011 Painted cast resin Size: 19 x 16.5 cm Stamped on the underside of the feet Come with the original box KAWS Dissected Milo was born out of a col...
Resin
$1,088Sale Price|20% Off
KAWS BAPE Dissected Milo (White)
By KAWS
Located in BRUCE, ACT
KAWS BAPE Dissected Milo (White) 2011 Painted cast resin Size: 19 x 16.5 cm Stamped on the underside of the feet Come with the original box KAWS Dissected Milo was born out of a col...
Resin
Price Upon Request
KAWS Black Dissected 400% Bearbrick Companion (KAWS Be@rbrick)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Dissected Black Bearbrick 400%, 2010: A collaboration between KAWS' OriginalFake brand and Medicom, this much sought-after black dissected KAWS Be@rbrick figure, is made from ca...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Bearbrick Set of 3 (KAWS Be@rbrick 400% dissected companions)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Bearbrick 400%; A set of 3 KAWS Dissected Bearbrick Companions, 2008-2010.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Black Dissected Milo Companion (KAWS Milo)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Black Dissected Milo Companion 2011 From a limited, 2011 collaboration between KAWS and the early influential KAWS collector, Nigo and his brand Bape (A Bathing Ape).
Resin, Vinyl
$1,788Sale Price|40% Off
KAWS X Be@rbrick Dissected 400% (Red)
By KAWS
Located in BRUCE, ACT
KAWS X Be@rbrick Dissected 400% (Red), 2008 Cast vinyl figure, from an edition of 500 Stamped to the underside of the left foot Published by OriginalFake Size 28 x 13 x 10 cm Come w...
Plastic, Vinyl
$2,076Sale Price|40% Off
KAWS X Be@rbrick Original Fake Dissected 400% (Grey)
By KAWS
Located in BRUCE, ACT
400% KAWS X Be@rbrick Original Fake Dissected (Grey) 2010 Painted Cast Vinyl Limited Edition of 500 Size: 28 × 12.7 × 10 cm Publisher: Medicom Toy x OriginalFake Come with the origin...
Vinyl
Dissected Companion (Black) Screen Print, Signed, Edition of 100, 2005
By KAWS
Located in Aventura, FL
Screen print in colors on wove paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by KAWS. 93 from the edition of 100 (there were also 15 artist's proofs). Published by KAWSONE, Brooklyn. Fra...
Paper, Screen
Dissected Companion (Grey) Screen Print, Signed Edition 61/100, 2005
By KAWS
Located in Aventura, FL
Screen print in colors on wove paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by KAWS. Edition 61/100 (there were also 15 artist's proofs). Published by KAWSONE, Brooklyn. Frame size ap...
Paper, Screen
Sold
H 11 in W 5 in D 4.25 in
KAWS Dissected Bearbrick 400% Companion (KAWS grey dissected companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Bearbrick Dissected Companion 400%, 2010 Color: Grey Dissected.
Resin, Vinyl
Sold
H 11 in W 5 in
KAWS Black Dissected 400% Bearbrick Companion (KAWS black dissected Be@rbrick)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Dissected Black Bearbrick 400%, 2010: A collaboration between KAWS' OriginalFake brand and Medicom, this much sought-after black dissected KAWS Be@rbrick figure, is made from ca...
Resin, Vinyl
Sold
H 11 in W 5 in
KAWS Brown Dissected 400% Bearbrick Companion 2008 (KAWS brown Be@rbrick)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Dissected Brown Bearbrick 400%, 2008: A 2008 collaboration between KAWS' OriginalFake brand and Medicom; this much sought-after brown dissected KAWS Be@rbrick figure is made fro...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Bearbrick Set of 3 (KAWS Be@rbrick 400% dissected companions)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Bearbrick 400%; A set of 3 KAWS Dissected Bearbrick Companions, 2008-2010.
Resin, Vinyl
Kaws Blush Companion (KAWS Flayed)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Street Art. Damien Hirst. Kaws Red. Kaws dissected. Kaws companion. Skull art.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Companion 2016 (KAWS brown flayed companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
His cartoonish style—including his best-known characters with X-ed out eyes—has its roots in his early career as a street artist, when he began replacing advertisements with his own,...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Flayed Companions 2016: complete set of 4 works (KAWS companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
His bold, high-minded graphic language revitalizes figuration with big, bold gestures and keen, playful intricacy. Related Categories: KAWS Companion. KAWS dissected. Keith Haring....
Resin, Vinyl
Kaws Companion (set of 6)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Set includes 3 colors: Black, Brown and Grey, each in two variations (Kaws full body and Kaws Dissected). Medium: Vinyl Year: 2017 Dimensions (applies to each individual): 11 × 5 ×...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Companion 2016: set of 2 (KAWS grey companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Damien Hirst. Street Art. Pop Art. Kaws full body. Takashi Murakami. Kaws flayed. Kaws dissected.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Grey Companion (KAWS flayed companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Damien Hirst. Street Art. Pop Art. Kaws open edition. Kaws dissected companion.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Grey Companion (KAWS flayed companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Damien Hirst. Street Art. Pop Art. Kaws open edition. Kaws dissected companion.
Resin, Vinyl
Sold
H 11 in W 5 in D 4.25 in
KAWS Bearbrick 400% Dissected Companion (KAWS grey dissected companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Bearbrick Dissected Companion 400%, 2010 Color: Grey Dissected.
Resin, Vinyl
Sold
H 11 in W 5 in D 4.25 in
KAWS Black Dissected Bearbrick 400% Companion (KAWS black dissected companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Bearbrick Dissected Companion 400%, 2010 Color: Black Dissected.
Resin, Vinyl
Kaws Black Dissected Companion
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Kaws Companion Open Edition (Black Flayed). New and sealed in its original packaging. Published by Medicom Japan in conjunction with the exhibition, KAWS: Where The End Starts at the...
Kaws Black Dissected Companion
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Kaws Companion Open Edition (Black Flayed). New and sealed in its original packaging. Published by Medicom Japan in conjunction with the exhibition, KAWS: Where The End Starts at the...
KAWS Resting Place Companion 2012 (KAWS Brown Dissected)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Companion: Resting Place (Brown), 2012. Limited edition of 500. Medium: Painted cast vinyl. Dimensions: 9 x 9 x 12 inches. Stamped on underside of foot. From edition of 500...
Resin, Vinyl
DISSECTED COMPANION (BROWN)
By KAWS
Located in Aventura, FL
Screen print in colors on wove paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by KAWS. 12 from the edition of 100 (there were also 15 artist's proofs). Published by KAWSONE, Brooklyn. Fra...
Paper, Screen
DISSECTED COMPANION (BROWN)
By KAWS
Located in Aventura, FL
Screen print in colors on wove paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by KAWS. 12 from the edition of 100 (there were also 15 artist's proofs). Published by KAWSONE, Brooklyn. Fra...
Paper, Screen
DISSECTED COMPANION (BLACK)
By KAWS
Located in Aventura, FL
Screen print in colors on wove paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by KAWS. 93 from the edition of 100 (there were also 15 artist's proofs). Published by KAWSONE, Brooklyn. Fra...
Paper, Screen
DISSECTED COMPANION (GREY)
By KAWS
Located in Aventura, FL
Screen print in colors on wove paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by KAWS. Edition 61/100 (there were also 15 artist's proofs). Published by KAWSONE, Brooklyn. Frame size ap...
Paper, Screen
FOUR FOOT DISSECTED COMPANION (GREY)
By KAWS
Located in Aventura, FL
Painted cast vinyl sculpture. Stamped with the artist's name and date '© KAWS..09' on the underside of the figure's right foot. Stamped with the date and 'MEDICOM TOY 2009 MADE IN CH...
Vinyl
KAWS Black Flayed Companion (KAWS flayed black companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Related Categories Retna. Shepard Fairey. Kaws black dissected. Street Art. Damien Hirst.
Resin, Vinyl
Dissected Companion Bearbrick set (Red) 400% & 100%
By KAWS
Located in Bristol, GB
Painted Cast Vinyl Edition size of 500 (unnumbered, reported) Stamped on the underside of feet 400% figure is excellent condition, some minor imperfections may exist due to the natu...
Vinyl, Plastic
KAWS Companion 2016: set of 2 works (KAWS companion set)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Related Categories Banksy. Shepard Fairey. Kaws brown dissected. Damien Hirst. Kaws passing through.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Black Flayed Companion
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Related Categories Retna. Shepard Fairey. Kaws black dissected. Street Art. Damien Hirst.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Black Flayed Companion
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Related Categories Retna. Shepard Fairey. Kaws black dissected. Street Art. Damien Hirst.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Dissected Milo Companion (KAWS Grey & White Milo)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Dissected Milo Grey & White Companion, 2011 From a scarce 2011 collaboration between KAWS and the early influential KAWS collector, Nigo and his brand Bape (A Bathing Ape).
Resin, Vinyl
Kaws Dissected Companion (Brown)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Kaws Companion Open Edition, Brown Flayed. New and sealed in its original packaging. Published by Medicom Japan in conjunction with the exhibition, KAWS: Where The End Starts at the ...
KAWS BAPE Dissected Milo (Black)
By KAWS
Located in BRUCE, ACT
KAWS BAPE Dissected Milo (Black) 2011 Painted cast resin Size: 19 x 16.5 cm Stamped on the underside of the feet Come with the original box KAWS Dissected Milo was born out of a col...
Resin
Sold
H 11 in W 5 in
KAWS Black Dissected 400% Bearbrick Companion (KAWS black dissected Be@rbrick)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Dissected Black Bearbrick 400%, 2010: A collaboration between KAWS' OriginalFake brand and Medicom, this much sought-after black dissected KAWS Be@rbrick figure, is made from ca...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Companion 2016 (KAWS brown flayed)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
His cartoonish style—including his best-known characters with X-ed out eyes—has its roots in his early career as a street artist, when he began replacing advertisements with his own,...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Companion 2016 (KAWS brown flayed)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
His cartoonish style—including his best-known characters with X-ed out eyes—has its roots in his early career as a street artist, when he began replacing advertisements with his own,...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Companion 2016 (KAWS brown flayed companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
His cartoonish style—including his best-known characters with X-ed out eyes—has its roots in his early career as a street artist, when he began replacing advertisements with his own,...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Brown Flayed Companion 2016 (KAWS flayed companion brown)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
His cartoonish style—including his best-known characters with X-ed out eyes—has its roots in his early career as a street artist, when he began replacing advertisements with his own,...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Brown Flayed Companion 2016 (KAWS flayed companion brown)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
His cartoonish style—including his best-known characters with X-ed out eyes—has its roots in his early career as a street artist, when he began replacing advertisements with his own,...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Blush Companion (KAWS Flayed)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Street Art. Damien Hirst. Kaws Red. Kaws dissected. Kaws companion. Skull art.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Brown Flayed Companion 2016 (KAWS flayed brown companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
His cartoonish style—including his best-known characters with X-ed out eyes—has its roots in his early career as a street artist, when he began replacing advertisements with his own,...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Brown Flayed Companion 2016 (KAWS flayed brown companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
His cartoonish style—including his best-known characters with X-ed out eyes—has its roots in his early career as a street artist, when he began replacing advertisements with his own,...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Brown Flayed Companion 2016 (KAWS flayed brown companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
His cartoonish style—including his best-known characters with X-ed out eyes—has its roots in his early career as a street artist, when he began replacing advertisements with his own,...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Companions 2016 (set of 3 KAWS Flayed companions)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
His bold, high-minded graphic language revitalizes figuration with big, bold gestures and keen, playful intricacy. Related Categories Kaws Dissected companion. Retna. Shepard Fairey.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Flayed Companions 2016: set of 2 works (KAWS companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
His bold, high-minded graphic language revitalizes figuration with big, bold gestures and keen, playful intricacy. Related Categories: KAWS Companion. KAWS dissected. Keith Haring....
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Flayed Companions 2016: complete set of 4 works (KAWS companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
His bold, high-minded graphic language revitalizes figuration with big, bold gestures and keen, playful intricacy. Related Categories: KAWS Companion. KAWS dissected. Keith Haring....
Resin, Vinyl
Kaws Companion (set of 6)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Set includes 3 colors: Black, Brown and Grey, each in two variations (Kaws full body and Kaws Dissected). Medium: Vinyl Year: 2017 Dimensions (applies to each individual): 11 × 5 ×...
KAWS Flayed Companions 2016: set of 2 works (KAWS companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
His bold, high-minded graphic language revitalizes figuration with big, bold gestures and keen, playful intricacy. Related Categories: KAWS Companion. KAWS dissected. Keith Haring....
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Grey Flayed Companion (KAWS flayed companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Damien Hirst. Pop Art. Kaws dissected. Takashi Murakami. Banksy. Bearbrick.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Grey Flayed Companion (KAWS flayed companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Damien Hirst. Pop Art. Kaws dissected. Takashi Murakami. Banksy. Bearbrick.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Grey Companion (KAWS flayed companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Damien Hirst. Street Art. Pop Art. Kaws open edition. Kaws dissected companion.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Grey Companion (KAWS flayed companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Damien Hirst. Street Art. Pop Art. Kaws open edition. Kaws dissected companion.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Grey Companion (KAWS flayed companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Damien Hirst. Street Art. Pop Art. Kaws open edition. Kaws dissected companion.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Grey Companion (KAWS flayed companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Damien Hirst. Street Art. Pop Art. Kaws open edition. Kaws dissected companion.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Grey Flayed Companion (KAWS flayed companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Damien Hirst. Pop Art. Kaws dissected. Takashi Murakami. Banksy. Bearbrick.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Brown Companion
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Damien Hirst. Street Art. Pop Art. Kaws open edition. Kaws dissected companion.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Brown Companion
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Damien Hirst. Street Art. Pop Art. Kaws open edition. Kaws dissected companion.
Resin, Vinyl
Sold
H 11 in W 5 in D 4.25 in
KAWS Black Dissected Bearbrick 400% Companion (KAWS black dissected companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Bearbrick Dissected Companion 400%, 20110 Color: Black Dissected.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Black Dissected Milo Companion (KAWS Milo)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Black Dissected Milo Companion 2011 From a limited, 2011 collaboration between KAWS and the early influential KAWS collector, Nigo and his brand Bape (A Bathing Ape).
Resin, Vinyl
Kaws Black Dissected Companion (Black)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Kaws Companion Open Edition (Black Flayed). New and sealed in its original packaging. Published by Medicom Japan in conjunction with the exhibition, KAWS: Where The End Starts at the...
Kaws Black Dissected Companion (Black)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Kaws Companion Open Edition (Black Flayed). New and sealed in its original packaging. Published by Medicom Japan in conjunction with the exhibition, KAWS: Where The End Starts at the...
$375
H 11 in W 5 in
Basquiat Bearbrick 400% and 100% (Jean-Michel Basquiat Be@rbrick new)
By Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Basquiat Bearbrick 400% and 100%: Bearbrick and Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat Vinyl Figures: Set of two (400% & 100%): A unique, timeless collectible trademarked & licensed...
Vinyl, Resin
$425
H 11 in W 5 in
Warhol Basquiat Bearbrick 400% figure (Basquiat Warhol Be@rbrick)
By Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Andy Warhol Jean-Michel Basquiat 400% Bearbrick Vinyl Figure c.2021: A unique, timeless collectible trademarked & licensed by the estates of Jean-Michel Basquiat & Andy Warh...
Resin, Vinyl
$400
H 11 in W 5 in D 4 in
Keith Haring Bearbrick 400% figure (Haring BE@RBRICK)
By (after) Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Bearbrick Vinyl Figures: Set of two (400% & 100%): A unique, timeless collectible trademarked & licensed by the Estate of Keith Haring. The partnered collectible reveals...
Resin, Vinyl
$725
H 8 in W 9 in D 4 in
Hebru Brantley Flyboy black & gold (Hebru Brantley black flyboy)
By Hebru Brantley
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Hebru Brantley Flyboy, 2017. New, never displayed; accompanied by original packaging. Medium: Painted cast vinyl. Dimensions: 9 x 8 x 4 inches (22.9 x 20.3 x 10.2 cm). New and sea...
Resin, Vinyl
Basquiat Bearbrick 1000% (Basquiat Be@rbrick)
By Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat 1000% Bearbrick Vinyl Figure: A nicely sized (27 inch), highly collectible Bearbrick Basquiat statue piece, trademarked & licensed by the Estate of Jean-Michel ...
Resin, Vinyl
Keith Haring Bearbrick 400% (Haring Be@rbrick)
By (after) Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Bearbrick Vinyl Figures: Set of two (400% & 100%): A unique, timeless collectible trademarked & licensed by the Estate of Keith Haring. The partnered collectible reveals...
Resin, Vinyl
$1,400
H 27.5 in W 14 in
Jean-Michel Basquiat Bearbrick 1000% (Basquiat BE@RBRICK)
By Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat Bearbrick 1000% Vinyl Figure: A unique, timeless collectible trademarked & licensed by the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. The partnered collectible reveals the ...
Resin, Vinyl
$3,424Sale Price|25% Off
H 8.27 in W 5.01 in D 3.55 in
KAWS x Peanuts Joe Snoopy Vinyl Figure
By KAWS
Located in BRUCE, ACT
KAWS x Peanuts Joe Snoopy Vinyl Figure, 2011 The KAWS x Peanuts Joe Snoopy Vinyl Figure stands about 21 cm tall, and the mostly white Joe Snoopy is donning a yellow t-shirt with "JOE...
Vinyl
Blown Away 1000% Bearbrick-White Rainbow
Located in New York, NY
Super cool sculpture with fluid style. About the artist: Los Angeles based artist Josh Mayhem gained recognition with his Blown Away aesthetic, transforming designer toys and ic...
Metal
Futura 400% Bearbrick 2017 (Futura Be@rbrick)
By Futura
Located in NEW YORK, NY
FUTURA Bearbrick Vinyl Figures: Set of two (400% & 100%), 2017: A rare & beautifully composed vinyl sculpture by the legendary New York graffiti-artist, Futura 2000. The partnered co...
Resin, Vinyl
Hebru Brantley Flyboy & Drawing (Hebru Brantley art toy)
By Hebru Brantley
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Hebru Brantley Flyboy, 2018: A rare example of this coveted Hebru Brantley Flyboy - inscribed with a drawing on the outer packaging. New in its original packaging. Medium: Painted c...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS WHAT PARTY white (KAWS white what party)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS WHAT PARTY Companion: This KAWS Companion vinyl sculpture features KAWS' CHUM character in a hunched position. Published to commemorate the debut of KAWS’ larger scale sculptur...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Indonesia: set of 2 works (KAWS Indonesia)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Holiday Indonesia: complete set of 2 works (KAWS Indonesia): These figurative vinyl sculptures feature KAWS' Accomplice character in a resting position; published on the occasio...
Resin, Vinyl
$4,200
H 14.25 in W 8 in
KAWS Holiday Companions: set of 6 works (KAWS grey companion 2019-2022)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Companion 2019-2021: A curated set of 6 individual grey KAWS Companions new & unopened in original packaging. These KAWS holiday companions were born out of KAWS' world famous r...
Resin, Vinyl
In the beginning, Brian Donnelly was just a kid from Jersey City, New Jersey, who got into the graffiti thing. KAWS was his tag, chosen simply because he liked the way it looked. Today, KAWS creates all kinds of art — there are KAWS figures and toys, sculptures and colorful drawings, paintings and prints that appropriate pop phenomena like the Smurfs, the Simpsons and SpongeBob SquarePants.
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. 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.
These creations gained a following, to the point where work posted in the morning would disappear by lunchtime. Even in those early days, KAWS was hot on the resale market.
“When I was doing graffiti,” he once explained, “it meant nothing to me to make paintings if I wasn’t reaching people.”
Instead of seeking entrée to the elite New York art world (which, frankly, wasn’t looking for a street artist anyway), KAWS moved to Japan, where a flourishing youth culture welcomed visionaries like him.
In 1999, he partnered with Bounty Hunter, a Japanese toy and streetwear brand, to release his first toy. Companion — an eight-inch-tall vinyl reimagining of Mickey Mouse, with a skull-and-crossbones head and trademark XX eyes — debuted with a limited run of 500. It sold out quickly.
Companion was the first of more than 130 toy designs, which came to include such characters as Chum, Blitz, Be@rbrick, BFF and Milo, each immediately recognizable as KAWS figures by their XX eyes. Fans have proved insatiable. In 2017, MoMA’s online store announced the availability of a limited supply of KAWS Companion figures; as avid collectors logged on to stake their claim, the website crashed — multiple times.
Companion is the most visible of the KAWS posse, appearing over the past decade in new postures and combinations in monumental KAWS statues and other works. These include Along the Way (2013), an 18-foot-tall wooden sculpture of two Companions leaning on each other for support; Together (2016), two Companions in a friendly embrace, which debuted during an exhibition of KAWS’s work at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, in Texas; and KAWS:HOLIDAY (2018), a 92-foot-long inflatable Companion floating on its back in Seoul’s Seokchon Lake. The sculptures were re-created as toys, blurring the lines between art and commerce.
KAWS’s visual language may be drawn from cartoons, but his work doesn’t necessarily evoke childlike joy.
“My figures are not always reflecting the idealistic cartoon view that I grew up on,” he explains in the catalogue for the Fort Worth exhibition. “Companion is more real in dealing with contemporary human circumstances . . . . I think when I’m making work it also often mirrors what’s going on with me at that time.”
KAWS's résumé reads like a record of major 21st-century pop-culture moments. It includes his work with streetwear brands like A Bathing Ape and Supreme; his design for the cover of Kanye West’s 2008 album, 808s & Heartbreak; and his collaboration with designer Kim Jones on the Dior Homme Spring/Summer 2019 collection, Jones’s debut as the fashion brand’s creative director.
Learn how to spot a fake KAWS art toy, and browse authentic KAWS figures, prints, sculptures and mixed media works on 1stDibs.
The history of sculpture as we know it is believed to have origins in Ancient Greece, while small sculptural carvings are among the most common examples of prehistoric art. In short, sculpture as a fine art has been with us forever. A powerful three-dimensional means of creative expression, sculpture has long been most frequently associated with religion — consider the limestone Great Sphinx in Giza, Egypt — while the tradition of collecting sculpture, which has also been traced back to Greece as well as to China, far precedes the emergence of museums.
Technique and materials in sculpture have changed over time. Stone sculpture, which essentially began as images carved into cave walls, is as old as human civilization itself. The majority of surviving sculpted works from ancient cultures are stone. Traditionally, this material and pottery as well as metal — bronze in particular — were among the most common materials associated with this field of visual art. Artists have long sought new ways and materials in order to make sculptures and express their ideas. Material, after all, is the vehicle through which artists express themselves, or at least work out the problems knocking around in their heads. It also allows them to push the boundaries of form, subverting our expectations and upending convention. As an influential sculptor as much as he was a revolutionary painter and printmaker, Pablo Picasso worked with everything from wire to wood to bicycle seats.
If you are a lover of art and antiques or are thinking of bringing a work of sculpture into your home for the first time, there are several details to keep in mind. As with all other works of art, think about what you like. What speaks to you? Visit local galleries and museums. Take in works of public art and art fairs when you can and find out what kind of sculpture you like. When you’ve come to a decision about a specific work, try to find out all you can about the piece, and if you’re not buying from a sculptor directly, work with an art expert to confirm the work’s authenticity.
And when you bring your sculpture home, remember: No matter how big or small your new addition is, it will make a statement in your space. Large- and even medium-sized sculptures can be heavy, so hire some professional art handlers as necessary and find a good place in your home for your piece. Whether you’re installing a towering new figurative sculpture — a colorful character by KAWS or hyperreal work by Carole A. Feuerman, perhaps — or an abstract work by Won Lee, you’ll want the sculpture to be safe from being knocked over. (You’ll find that most sculptures should be displayed at eye level, while some large busts look best from below.)
On 1stDibs, find a broad range of exceptional sculptures for sale. Browse works by your favorite creator, style, period or other attribute.