KAWS Singapore brown (KAWS Holiday companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Brown Holiday Companion (KAWS Singapore): This standout KAWS art toy features KAWS' signature
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Taipei (KAWS Black Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Black Holiday Companion (KAWS Taipei) This figurative vinyl sculpture features KAWS
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Taipei (KAWS Black Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Black Holiday Companion (KAWS Taipei) This figurative vinyl sculpture features KAWS
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Japan (KAWS brown companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Brown Holiday Companion (KAWS Mount Fuji Japan): This sold out figurine features KAWS
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Taipei (KAWS Black Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Black Holiday Companion (KAWS Taipei) This figurative vinyl sculpture features KAWS
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Companion Taipei (KAWS Grey Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Grey Holiday Companion (KAWS Taipei) The artwork KAWS' signature character COMPANION in a
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Plush Companion (KAWS plush brown)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Plush Holiday Companion Limited Edition: This 20" brown KAWS plush was published to
Cotton
KAWS Holiday Plush Companion (KAWS black plush)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Plush Holiday Companion Limited Edition: This 20" black KAWS plush was published to
Cotton
KAWS Holiday Companion Taipei (KAWS Black Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Black Holiday Companion (KAWS Taipei) This figurine features KAWS' signature character
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Companion Taipei (KAWS Grey Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Grey Holiday Companion (KAWS Taipei) This figurine features KAWS' signature character
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Companion Taipei (KAWS Black Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Black Holiday Companion (KAWS Taipei) This figurine features KAWS' signature character
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Companion Taipei (KAWS Black Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Black Holiday Companion (KAWS Taipei) This figurine features KAWS' signature character
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Companion Taipei (KAWS Black Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Black Holiday Companion (KAWS Taipei) This figurine features KAWS' signature character
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Companion Taipei (KAWS Black Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Black Holiday Companion (KAWS Taipei) This figurine features KAWS' signature character
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Companion Taipei (KAWS Black Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Black Holiday Companion (KAWS Taipei) This figurine features KAWS' signature character
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Companion Taipei (KAWS Grey Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Grey Holiday Companion (KAWS Taipei) This figurine features KAWS' signature character
Vinyl, Resin
KAWS Holiday Taipei (KAWS brown Taipei Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Brown Holiday Companion (KAWS Taipei) This figurine features KAWS' signature character
Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Taipei (KAWS brown Taipei Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Brown Holiday Companion (KAWS Taipei) This figurine features KAWS' signature character
Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Taipei (KAWS brown Taipei Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Brown Holiday Companion (KAWS Taipei) This figurine features KAWS' signature character
Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Taipei Brown (KAWS Brown Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Brown Holiday Companion (KAWS Taipei) This figurine features KAWS' signature character
Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Companion Japan (KAWS black companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Black Holiday Companion (KAWS Mount Fuji Japan): This figurative vinyl sculpture features
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Japan black (KAWS black companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Black Holiday Companion (KAWS Mount Fuji Japan): This sold out figurine features KAWS
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Companion Japan (KAWS black companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Black Holiday Companion (KAWS Mount Fuji Japan): This figurative vinyl sculpture features
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Japan black (KAWS black companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Black Holiday Companion (KAWS Mount Fuji Japan): This sold out figurine features KAWS
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Companion Japan (KAWS black companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Black Holiday Companion (KAWS Mount Fuji Japan): This sold out figurine features KAWS
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Companion Japan (KAWS black companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Black Holiday Companion (KAWS Mount Fuji Japan): This sold out figurine features KAWS
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Companion Japan (KAWS black companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Black Holiday Companion (KAWS Mount Fuji Japan): This sold out figurine features KAWS
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Companion Japan (KAWS black companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Black Holiday Companion (KAWS Mount Fuji Japan): This sold out figurine features KAWS
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Companion Taipei (KAWS Black Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Black Holiday Companion (KAWS Taipei) This figurative vinyl sculpture features KAWS
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Companion Taipei (KAWS Black Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Black Holiday Companion (KAWS Taipei) This figurative vinyl sculpture features KAWS
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Companion Taipei (KAWS Black Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Black Holiday Companion (KAWS Taipei) This figurative vinyl sculpture features KAWS
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Companion Taipei (KAWS Black Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Black Holiday Companion (KAWS Taipei) This figurative vinyl sculpture features KAWS
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Japan (KAWS Mount Fuji Japan)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Grey Holiday Companion Japan (KAWS Mount Fuji Japan): This sold out KAWS figurative piece
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Japan black (KAWS black companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Black Holiday Companion (KAWS Mount Fuji Japan): This sold out figurine features KAWS
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Companion Taipei (KAWS Black Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Black Holiday Companion (KAWS Taipei) This figurative vinyl sculpture features KAWS
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS: HOLIDAY JAPAN Mount Fuji Ceramic Plate Set (Set of 4)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS: HOLIDAY JAPAN Mount Fuji Ceramic Plate Set (Set of 4): This standout KAWS ceramic plate set
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Plush Companions (complete set of 3)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Plush Holiday Companion Limited Edition Set of 3: These 20" figurines were published to
Cotton
KAWS Holiday Plush Companions (complete set of 3)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Plush Holiday Companion Limited Edition Set of 3: These 20" figurines were published to
Cotton
Sold|$1,850
KAWS - Holiday UK - Set of 3 Painted Cast Vinyl / Brown, Grey and Black version
By KAWS
Located in Dallas, TX
the Brown version has a hair size crack. The actual figure is in perfect condition. KAWS
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS UK Holiday Companion Black
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS: HOLIDAY United Kingdom Black (KAWS UK): KAWS' signature character COMPANION presented in an
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Gold Holiday SPACE Companion (KAWS space)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS:HOLIDAY SPACE (Gold), is a celebration of 20 years of the KAWS Companion. Using a sounding
Polyurethane
KAWS Gold Holiday SPACE Companion (KAWS space)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS:HOLIDAY SPACE (Gold), is a celebration of 20 years of the KAWS Companion. Using a sounding
Polyurethane
KAWS Hong Kong Holiday Companion (KAWS grey companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS 'Holiday' Companion This figurine was published by All Rights Reserved to commemorate the
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Hong Kong Holiday Companion (KAWS grey companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS 'Holiday' Companion This figurine was published by All Rights Reserved to commemorate the
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Hong Kong Holiday Companion (KAWS grey companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS 'Holiday' Companion This figurine was published by All Rights Reserved to commemorate the
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Taipei Holiday Companion Brown (KAWS Brown Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Brown Holiday Companion (KAWS Taipei) This figurine features KAWS' signature character
Vinyl
KAWS Taipei Holiday Companion (complete set of 3 KAWS companions)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Holiday Companion, Complete Set of 3 (KAWS Taipei): KAWS' signature character COMPANION
Vinyl
KAWS Taipei Holiday Companion Set (set of 3 KAWS companions)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Holiday Companion, Complete Set of 3 (KAWS Taipei): KAWS' signature character COMPANION
Vinyl, Resin
KAWS Companion: set of 10 works (KAWS Brown Companion set)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
inches. KAWS Holiday Japan 2019: 9.4 inches in length. KAWS Holiday United Kingdom 2021: 12 inches in
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Companion: set of 10 works (KAWS Brown Companion set)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
inches. KAWS Holiday Japan 2019: 9.4 inches in length. KAWS Holiday United Kingdom 2021: 12 inches in
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Brown Companions: set of 4 works (KAWS Companion 2016-2019)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Companion 2016: 11 x 5 inches. KAWS Along The Way 2019: 10,5 x 9 inches. KAWS Holiday Taipei: 5.5 x 7
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS FAMILY (brown KAWS Family companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
his large scale public installations, such as 2019’s KAWS: Holiday which was installed in the Hong
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS FAMILY (black KAWS Family companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
2019’s KAWS: Holiday which was installed in the Hong Kong harbor during Basel Hong Kong. In 2019, THE
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS FAMILY (black KAWS Family companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
public installations, such as 2019’s KAWS: Holiday which was installed in the Hong Kong harbor during
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS FAMILY (grey KAWS Family companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
installations, such as 2019’s KAWS: Holiday which was installed in the Hong Kong harbor during Basel Hong Kong
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS FAMILY (grey KAWS Family companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
2019’s KAWS: Holiday which was installed in the Hong Kong harbor during Basel Hong Kong. In 2019, THE
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS FAMILY (grey KAWS Family companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
. The artist is also known for his large scale public installations, such as 2019’s KAWS: Holiday which
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.
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