These are some paintings on display in LA by KAWS. His story reads like a legend. He first start as a graffiti writer. Most famously for hitting up Captain Morgan and Snoopy billboards. Then painting over advertisements at bus stops. And then making toys and designing clothes for Bape. He has his own clothing label and store Original Fake. And recently he designed a billboard for Kanye West's latest album,which was displayed in Time's square. And now he is in the limelight as he opens a new show in LA. This kid has raised the bar unbelievably high. And next?
read this article from the LA Times
Here's a video from CBS news???
4 comments:
lovidy!
Amazing! Kaws was one of my favorite graffiti artists (ever since seeing a train piece he did in a graff mag my brother had... ). i just loved how smooth his work was, and then later seeing the incorporation of existing images (billboards/signs) and the inevitable play on consumerism was magical.
It's wonderful to see him flourish!
Another thing... is the stereotypical "newscaster voice" not infinitely annoying?
Hello Konrad,
I happen to have a fine appreciation for the whole news anchor voice dramatically spun toward art curator smugness. Please keep up the good work, my good man, and never give up hope for the streets!
btw, lovn' your new picK..... how is baby world treating white boys in Japan?
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