KAWS BFF Vinyl Companions (KAWS Set of 2)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS BFF is a well-received work and variation of KAWS' large-scale sculpture in Los Angeles's Playa Vista neighborhood.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS BFF Companions (KAWS BFF vinyl Set of 2)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Black & Pink BFF (set of 2) new, unopened in its original packaging.
Resin, Vinyl
$3,424Sale Price|25% Off
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
KAWS - Companion - Black, 2017 - Painted Cast Vinyl
By KAWS
Located in Dallas, TX
KAWS's 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 o...
Resin, Vinyl
$1,020Sale Price|20% Off
KAWS - Companion Blush (Flayed), 2017 - Painted Cast Vinyl
By KAWS
Located in Dallas, TX
KAWS's 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 o...
Resin, Vinyl
Clean Slate Grey Vinyl Sculpture, KAWS, 2018, Open Edition, Stamped
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: KAWS Medium: Painted cast vinyl Title: Clean Slate (Grey) Year: 2018 Edition: Open edition Image Size: 14" x 7" x 7" Signed: Stamped with artist name, fabricator and dated 20...
Vinyl
KAWS Chum Pink Vinyl Art Toy, Contemporary, Unsigned, 2010s Edition
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
Painted cast vinyl art toy To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the iconic Chum figurine, KAWS released a new set of colors in the summer of 2022.
Resin, Vinyl
$1,020Sale Price|20% Off
KAWS - Companion - Brown version- MOMA 2017 - Painted Cast Vinyl
By KAWS
Located in Dallas, TX
KAWS's 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 o...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Chum Vinyl Art Toy, Contemporary Sculpture, Open Edition 2022
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
Painted cast vinyl art toy To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the iconic Chum figurine, KAWS released a new set of colors in the summer of 2022.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Chum Vinyl Art Toy, Contemporary Resin Sculpture, 2022 Release
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
Painted cast vinyl art toy To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the iconic Chum figurine, KAWS released a new set of colors in the summer of 2022.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS -- Astro Boy, Painted Cast Vinyl Sculpture, Limited Edition 300, 2012
By KAWS
Located in BRUCE, ACT
KAWS Astro Boy, 2012 Painted cast vinyl Size 37.5 × 15.2 × 11e cm From Limited edition 300 with 'Medicom Toy 2012 China' and 'Tezuka Productions Designed by Kaws' stamp on the under...
Plastic, Vinyl
'CHUM' Yellow Vinyl Figure by KAWS, Open Edition, 2023, Stamped, 11.6"
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
In 1999, KAWS designed his first toy for the Japanese company Bounty Hunter, a vinyl figure of rounded Mickey Mouse shape with x-ed out eyes, a motif which has now become a signature...
Vinyl
KAWS "What Party" Brooklyn Vinyl Figure Street Art Yellow 20th Anniversary
By KAWS
Located in Draper, UT
KAWS Chum Vinyl Figure (20th Anniversary) Yellow Artist: KAWS Medium: Painted Rotocast Vinyl Title: Chum Vinyl Figure Yellow Portfolio: Chum Figures (20th Anniversary) Edition: Open...
Vinyl
KAWS Take Figure, Pink BFF Companion, Resin and Vinyl Paint, 2010+
By KAWS
Located in Dallas, TX
Several months after releasing the KAWS Share Figure in February, the artist released his long anticipated KAWS Take Figure. The figure, which features a blue BFF holding a brown Com...
Resin, Vinyl
$2,080Sale Price|20% Off
KAWS Gone Brown Figure, Pop Art Vinyl & Resin, 14in, Unsigned, 2010+
By KAWS
Located in Dallas, TX
KAWS Gone- Brown version New on its original packaging.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Taipei & KAWS Singapore (KAWS Holiday Taipei KAWS Holiday Singapore)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Each new in exclusive KAWS designed hardshell packaging. Medium: Vinyl figures (2 individual works).
Vinyl
KAWS Companion Flayed Edition & Companion Edition Vinyl Figure Blush Set Sealed
By KAWS
Located in Draper, UT
The figures are both sealed in clear blister packaging, and is a must have for any collector or KAWS fan. KAWS Blush Companion (KAWS Flayed Blush Companion) , 2016 Vinyl Paint, Ca...
Vinyl
$1,880Sale Price|34% Off
KAWS Clean Slate Vinyl Figure, Grey Version, Pop Art, 2010s, Unsigned
By KAWS
Located in Dallas, TX
KAWS Clean Slate (Grey), new & unopened in its original packaging.
Resin, Vinyl
$2,200Sale Price|20% Off
KAWS Gone Black Figure, Pop Art Vinyl & Resin, 14in, Unsigned, 2010+
By KAWS
Located in Dallas, TX
KAWS Gone- Black version New on its original packaging.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Gone Grey Figure, Pop Art Vinyl & Resin, Unsigned, 14in, 2010+
By KAWS
Located in Dallas, TX
KAWS Gone- Grey version New on its original packaging.
Resin, Vinyl
$1,960Sale Price|20% Off
KAWS Along The Way Grey Sculpture, Vinyl & Resin, Pop Art, 2010+
By KAWS
Located in Dallas, TX
KAWS Along The Way - Grey version New & unopened in its original packaging.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Along The Way Black Sculpture, Vinyl & Resin, Pop Art, 2010+
By KAWS
Located in Dallas, TX
KAWS Along The Way - Black version New & unopened in its original packaging.
Resin, Vinyl
$2,120Sale Price|25% Off
KAWS Clean Slate Black Vinyl Figure, Pop Art, 2010s, Unsigned, 14.25"
By KAWS
Located in Dallas, TX
KAWS Clean Slate (Black), new & unopened in its original packaging.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS MONSTER (KAWS Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Frankenberry Monster: A highly collectible & super decorative KAWS art toy, featuring the famed cereal character: Frankenberry.
Resin, Vinyl
$1,100Sale Price|20% Off
KAWS Take Figure, Black Version, Resin & Vinyl Paint, Pop Art, 2010+
By KAWS
Located in Dallas, TX
Open unknown edition Unsigned Several months after releasing the KAWS Share Figure in February, the artist released his long anticipated KAWS Take Figure. The figure, which features...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS MONSTER (KAWS Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Monster: A highly collectible & super decorative KAWS art toy, featuring the artist’s rendition of the famed cereal character Frute Brute.
Resin, Vinyl
$1,000Sale Price|20% Off
KAWS Small Lie Black Version Sculpture, Resin and Vinyl Paint, 2010+
By KAWS
Located in Dallas, TX
In December 2017, KAWS released a new version of his classic companion character, titled "Small Lie". The figure features the companion slumped over in what appears to be a disappoin...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Monster (KAWS Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Chocula Monster: A highly collectible & super decorative KAWS art toy, featuring the famed cereal character: Count Chocula.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Companion Flayed & Companion Editions Vinyl Figure Complete Set of 8 Sealed
By KAWS
Located in Draper, UT
The figures are both sealed in clear blister packaging, and is a must have for any collector or KAWS fan. KAWS (American, b. 1974) Companion, set of eight, 2016 Painted cast vinyl...
Vinyl
KAWS Monster companion (KAWS Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Boo Berry Monster: A highly collectible & super decorative KAWS art toy, featuring the famed cereal character: Boo Berry.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS BFF KAWS TAKE (set of 2 KAWS companions)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS BFF Black & KAWS TAKE Black (set of 2 KAWS Companions): A well-received KAWS figure set featuring KAWS' smaller scale BFF sculpture originally on display in Los Angeles's Playa...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS SHARE Grey (KAWS companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS SHARE first appeared in 'BLACKOUT' – the first London solo exhibition by KAWS (Skarstedt London 2019).
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Changbai brown (KAWS holiday chanbgai)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Holiday Changbai Mountain (KAWS brown Changbai): A beautifully composed KAWS COMPANION published to commemorate KAWS' larger-scale sculpture of same, at Changbai Mountain in Jil...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS SHARE & KAWS TAKE (set of 2 KAWS companions)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS SHARE (Grey) & KAWS TAKE (Pink): Set of 2 KAWS figurative sculptures, each new & unopened and accompanied by original packaging.
Resin, Vinyl
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 character COMPANION in a resting position.
Resin, Vinyl
2016 Companion Blush (Flayed) Set vinyl figures by KAWS from Medicom Toy Corp.
By KAWS
Located in Boca Raton, FL
From KAWS' (a.k.a. Brian Donnelly's) open edition release.
Vinyl
KAWS CHUM (KAWS white Chum companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS CHUM Companion 2022 (white): Published by KAWS to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his famed KAWS’ Chum character; "I can remember clearly packing and shipping the first CHUM...
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' signature character COMPANION in a resting seated position.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Holiday Singapore (KAWS Holiday companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Black Holiday Companion (KAWS Singapore): This standout KAWS art toy features KAWS' signature character COMPANION in a resting position.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS CHUM companion (KAWS orange Chum)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Damien Hirst. Pop Art. Kaws figurative sculpture. Kaws Passing Through.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS CHUM pink (KAWS Chum pink)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS CHUM Companion 2022 (pink): Published by KAWS to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his famed KAWS’ Chum character; "I can remember clearly packing and shipping the first CHUM ...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS SHARE brown (KAWS brown companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS SHARE first appeared in 'BLACKOUT' – the first London solo exhibition by KAWS (Skarstedt London 2019).
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS BFF Companion (KAWS BFF black)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Black BFF new, unopened in its original packaging.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS SEPARATED KAWS Changbai (KAWS companion set of 2 works)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
The individual figures can be seen in a seated position much like the seminal KAWS Passing Through Companions of years past. Medium: Vinyl paint & Cast Resin.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Black Flayed Companion (KAWS flayed)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Black Flayed Companion 2016. A rare, out of print KAWS figurative sculpture new and sealed in its original packaging.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS CHUM & KAWS WHAT PARTY (set of 4 KAWS Companions)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS CHUM & What Party: a curated set of 4 works: This KAWS CHUM & What Party Companion set features KAWS' CHUM character in a confident and slouched position in 2 mirroring color-wa...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS CHUM & KAWS What Party (set of 6 KAWS Companions)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS CHUM & What Party: a curated set of 6 works: This KAWS CHUM & What Party Companion grouping features KAWS' CHUM character in a confident and slouched position in 3 mirroring col...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Changbai black (KAWS holiday chanbgai)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Holiday Changbai Mountain (KAWS black Changbai): A beautifully composed KAWS COMPANION published to commemorate KAWS' larger-scale sculpture of same, at Changbai Mountain in Jil...
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' signature character COMPANION in a resting position.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS What Party KAWS Chum (KAWS set of 2 works)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS What Party & Chum (set of 2 works): Two individual KAWS Companions featuring the classic KAWS' CHUM character.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Changbai white (KAWS Holiday changbai)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Holiday Changbai Mountain (KAWS white Changbai): A beautifully composed snowy-white KAWS COMPANION published to commemorate KAWS' larger-scale sculpture of same, at Changbai Mo...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS WHAT PARTY pink (KAWS companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS WHAT PARTY (pink): KAWS pink WHAT PARTY Companion featuring KAWS' CHUM character in a hunched position.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS TAKE Blue (blue KAWS Take companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
A standout KAWS figurative sculpture and variation of KAWS' large scale TAKE sculpture - a key highlight of the exhibition, 'KAWS BLACKOUT’ at Skarstedt Gallery London in 2019 - the ...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS TAKE Companion (KAWS black companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
A standout KAWS Companion figure and variation of KAWS' large scale TAKE sculpture - a key highlight of the exhibition, 'KAWS BLACKOUT’ at Skarstedt Gallery London in 2019 - the firs...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS SEPARATED grey (KAWS Separated Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS SEPARATED COMPANION: New & unopened in its original packaging: This highly collectible grey KAWS SEPARATED figure is derived from the Brooklyn based artist’s larger scale sculpt...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Changbai KAWS Singapore set of 2 works (KAWS holiday)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Changbai & KAWS Singapore brown: set of 2 works: A set of 2 KAWS Holiday Companions, published on the occasion(s) of the debut of KAWS' larger-scale sculptures of same at: Chan...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS SHARE (KAWS black share companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS SHARE (Black), new & unopened in its original packaging: KAWS SHARE first appeared in 'BLACKOUT' – the first London solo exhibition by KAWS (Skarstedt London 2019).
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Companion 2016 (KAWS Brown Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS Brown Companion, 2016. New and sealed in its original packaging.
Resin, Vinyl
$555Sale Price|41% Off
KAWS COMPANION 2020 (KAWS black companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS 2020 Companion (Black): KAWS COMPANION 2020 was created by KAWS to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his signature figure, Companion — and as cultural commentary on a year we...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS CHUM white (KAWS Chum Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS CHUM Companion 2022 (white): Published by KAWS to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his famed KAWS’ Chum character; "I can remember clearly packing and shipping the first CHUM...
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Astro Boy Grey Vinyl Figure
By KAWS
Located in Singapore, SG
Artist name: KAWS Title: Astro Boy Size: 38.1 x 16.5 x 12.1cm Medium: Vinyl Figure Edition of 300 Stamped underfoot
Vinyl
Kaws Family 2021
By KAWS
Located in Singapore, SG
Artist name: KAWS Title: Kaws Family (Set of 5 pieces) Media: Vinyl Figure Year: 2021
Vinyl
Kaws Family Black 2021
By KAWS
Located in Singapore, SG
Artist name: KAWS Title: Kaws Family (Set of 5 pieces) Media: Vinyl Figure Year: 2021
Vinyl
KAWS BFF, Black, 2017
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
Over a year after the BFF character was revealed at the Central Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, rumors started to swirl that KAWS would be releasing a 13-inch vinyl edition of the much...
Vinyl
KAWS BFF, Black, 2017
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
Over a year after the BFF character was revealed at the Central Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, rumors started to swirl that KAWS would be releasing a 13-inch vinyl edition of the much...
Vinyl
KAWS Holiday UK (Black) 2021
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
KAWS - Holiday UK - 2021 - BLACK Painted cast vinyl This work is a part of a sold out limited edition set of an unknown number This item is in perfect condition, as new Stamped "KA...
Vinyl
KAWS Holiday UK (Black) 2021
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
KAWS - Holiday UK - 2021 - BLACK Painted cast vinyl This work is a part of a sold out limited edition set of an unknown number This item is in perfect condition, as new Stamped "KA...
Vinyl
Unavailable
H 10.04 in W 5.01 in D 4.45 in
KAWS X Disney Pinocchio & Jiminy Cricket Set Sculpture
By KAWS
Located in Singapore, SG
Artist: KAWS Title: Pinocchio & Jiminy Cricket Pinocchio size: 25.5 x 12.7 x 11.3cm Jiminy Cricket size: 5.7 x 2.5 x 2.5cm Medium: Vinyl Figure Edition of 500 Stamped underfoot
Vinyl
Holiday Companion Japan, Set of 3 (KAWS Mount Fuji), 2019
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
3 Vinyl Paint & Cast Resin Sculptures BLACK, GREY & BROWN Published by Medicom Japan. 2019 2 x 9 inches each From a sold out rare limited edition of unknown.
Vinyl
Kachamukku
By KAWS
Located in London, GB
KAWS, a prominent figure in contemporary art and street culture, is renowned for his distinctive blend of pop art and graffiti influences. His iconic characters, often featuring exag...
Vinyl
Kachamukku
By KAWS
Located in London, GB
KAWS, a prominent figure in contemporary art and street culture, is renowned for his distinctive blend of pop art and graffiti influences. His iconic characters, often featuring exag...
Vinyl
HOLIDAY FLOATING COMPANION
By KAWS
Located in Hong Kong, HK
2018 Kaws:Holiday bath toy 21.6 cm/8.5 inch tall An official product from KAWS: HOLIDAY, 2018. During this event, an inflatable doll COMPANION, which is the biggest artwork of Kaw...
Vinyl
CHUM - 20th Anniversary, Pink
By KAWS
Located in London, GB
Open unknown edition Unsigned
Vinyl
BFF Pink
By KAWS
Located in Düsseldorf, DE
Best Friend Forever Pink From a sold-out edition of an unknown size. Stamp-Signed on the underside. A well-received work and variation of KAWS’ large-scale BFF sculpture is in Los A...
Plastic, Vinyl
Sold
H 8.5 in W 6.5 in D 7 in
KAWS Vinyl Figure, 2022, Holiday Changbai Mountain (Snowy White)
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: KAWS Medium: Painted cast vinyl Title: holiday Changbai Mountain (Snowy White) Year: 2022 Edition: Open edition Image Size: 8 1/2" x 6 1/2" x 7" Signed: Stamped with artist n...
Vinyl
KAWS BFF Companions: Set of 2 works (KAWS BFF vinyl)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
KAWS BFF Set of 2: New, unopened in its original packaging.
Resin, Vinyl
KAWS Chum Vinyl Figure (20th Anniversary) Orange
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
KAWS Chum Vinyl Figure (20th Anniversary) Orange Artist: KAWS Medium: Painted Rotocast Vinyl Title: Chum Vinyl Figure Orange Portfolio: 2022 Chum Figures (20th Anniversary) Year: 202...
Vinyl
KAWS Chum Vinyl Figure (20th Anniversary) White
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
KAWS Chum Vinyl Figure (20th Anniversary) White Artist: KAWS Medium: Painted Rotocast Vinyl Title: Chum Vinyl Figure White Portfolio: Chum Figures (20th Anniversary) Year: 2022 Editi...
Vinyl
KAWS Chum Vinyl Figure (20th Anniversary) Yellow
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
KAWS Chum Vinyl Figure (20th Anniversary) Yellow Artist: KAWS Medium: Painted Rotocast Vinyl Title: Chum Vinyl Figure Yellow Portfolio: Chum Figures (20th Anniversary) Year: 2022 Edi...
Vinyl
KAWS Chum Vinyl Figure (20th Anniversary) Pink
By KAWS
Located in Washington, DC
KAWS Chum Vinyl Figure (20th Anniversary) Pink Artist: KAWS Medium: Painted Rotocast Vinyl Title: Chum Vinyl Figure Pink Portfolio: Chum Figures (20th Anniversary) Year: 2022 Edition...
Vinyl
KAWS Pink BFF (KAWS Pink BFF vinyl)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Damien Hirst. Art toys. Kaws Companion. KAWS figurine.
Resin
'KAWS SHARE, 20' Open Edition Vinyl Art Toy, Black
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
The 2020 limited edition release of 'KAWS SHARE' in Black from KAWSONE. Based on KAWS’ 72″ bronze sculpture shown as part of the KAWS: Blackout exhibition last fall, 'Share' features...
Vinyl
KAWS, 'SHARE' Open Edition Vinyl Art Toy, Brown/Blue, 2020
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
The ‘KAWS SHARE 20’ is a vinyl art toy in a neutral brown and cobalt blue color scheme made in collaboration with Medicom Toy by KAWSONE.
Vinyl
KAWS, 'SHARE' Open Edition Vinyl Art Toy, Brown/Blue, 2020
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
The ‘KAWS SHARE 20’ is a vinyl art toy in a neutral brown and cobalt blue color scheme made in collaboration with Medicom Toy by KAWSONE.
Vinyl
Sold
H 10 in W 8 in
"KAWS Together" Companion Vinyl Black Edition Contemporary Art, Street Art 2018
By KAWS
Located in Draper, UT
"KAWS Together" Companion Vinyl Black Edition Contemporary Art, Street Art 2018 Kaws Together Black Companion released at "The Modern" Museum.
Vinyl
Small Lie (Grey), Sculpture, Vinyl, Pop Art, Street art by KAWS
By KAWS
Located in London, GB
KAWS Small Lie (Grey), 2017 Vinyl multiple in a limited edition Produced by Medicom, Japan Height : 28.0 cm (11.0 in)
Resin, Vinyl
Sold
H 10 in W 8 in
"KAWS Together" Companion Vinyl Black Edition Contemporary Art, Street Art 2018
By KAWS
Located in Draper, UT
"KAWS Together" Companion Vinyl Black Edition Contemporary Art, Street Art 2018 Kaws Together Black Companion released at "The Modern" Museum.
Vinyl
KAWS Together Black (Kaws Companion)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Medium: Vinyl & Cast Resin Published by KAWS One and Medicom 2018 10 x 8 x 5 inches (25.4 x 20.3 x 12.7 cm) New/sealed in its original package; excellent condition From a sold out ...
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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