http://hypebeast.com/2009/02/kaws-the-long-way-home-exhibition/ The Digitial Magazine for Fashion, Arts, Design & Culture Sun, 27 May 2012 15:28:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://hypebeast.com/2009/02/kaws-the-long-way-home-exhibition/#comment-44014 G Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:13:32 +0000 http://hypebeast.com/?p=75987#comment-44014 thank you 2b. thank you 2b.

]]> http://hypebeast.com/2009/02/kaws-the-long-way-home-exhibition/#comment-285606 G Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:13:00 +0000 http://hypebeast.com/?p=75987#comment-285606 thank you 2b. thank you 2b.

]]> http://hypebeast.com/2009/02/kaws-the-long-way-home-exhibition/#comment-285607 G Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:13:00 +0000 http://hypebeast.com/?p=75987#comment-285607 thank you 2b. thank you 2b.

]]> http://hypebeast.com/2009/02/kaws-the-long-way-home-exhibition/#comment-43868 2b Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:00:43 +0000 http://hypebeast.com/?p=75987#comment-43868 Kenny Scharf already did that....paintings with the Jetsons and Flinstones....Kaws will continue to regurgitate cartoon characters from the 80's and up....if you look at history (early)graf artists have always used recognizable characters on the subways and walls....and the public really responded to it. His concept seems so simple that it's downright silly but it's a formula...a recognizable image that connects.(childhood symbolism) Dondi(rip) talked about this in the 80's....he spoke about how graf artists were competing "aboveground" ....how everybody was searching for a style on canvas. 'It's like beating the other guy to the punch since there is just so much you can do with spray paint.' A gallery owner told me...when graf artists do stuff on canvas in a smaller scale(with spray paint) something gets lost... It was just a matter of compostion and style that Kaws discovered....painting with cel-vinyl.(not as simple as it looks) There are a history of noble failures that paved the way for this guy...each one teach one. Kenny Scharf already did that….paintings with the Jetsons and Flinstones….Kaws will continue to regurgitate cartoon characters from the 80′s and up….if you look at history (early)graf artists have always used recognizable characters on the subways and walls….and the public really responded to it. His concept seems so simple that it’s downright silly but it’s a formula…a recognizable image that connects.(childhood symbolism) Dondi(rip) talked about this in the 80′s….he spoke about how graf artists were competing “aboveground” ….how everybody was searching for a style on canvas. ‘It’s like beating the other guy to the punch since there is just so much you can do with spray paint.’ A gallery owner told me…when graf artists do stuff on canvas in a smaller scale(with spray paint) something gets lost… It was just a matter of compostion and style that Kaws discovered….painting with cel-vinyl.(not as simple as it looks) There are a history of noble failures that paved the way for this guy…each one teach one.

]]> http://hypebeast.com/2009/02/kaws-the-long-way-home-exhibition/#comment-285604 2b Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://hypebeast.com/?p=75987#comment-285604 Kenny Scharf already did that....paintings with the Jetsons and Flinstones....Kaws will continue to regurgitate cartoon characters from the 80's and up....if you look at history (early)graf artists have always used recognizable characters on the subways and walls....and the public really responded to it. His concept seems so simple that it's downright silly but it's a formula...a recognizable image that connects.(childhood symbolism) Dondi(rip) talked about this in the 80's....he spoke about how graf artists were competing "aboveground" ....how everybody was searching for a style on canvas. 'It's like beating the other guy to the punch since there is just so much you can do with spray paint.' A gallery owner told me...when graf artists do stuff on canvas in a smaller scale(with spray paint) something gets lost... It was just a matter of compostion and style that Kaws discovered....painting with cel-vinyl.(not as simple as it looks) There are a history of noble failures that paved the way for this guy...each one teach one. Kenny Scharf already did that….paintings with the Jetsons and Flinstones….Kaws will continue to regurgitate cartoon characters from the 80′s and up….if you look at history (early)graf artists have always used recognizable characters on the subways and walls….and the public really responded to it. His concept seems so simple that it’s downright silly but it’s a formula…a recognizable image that connects.(childhood symbolism) Dondi(rip) talked about this in the 80′s….he spoke about how graf artists were competing “aboveground” ….how everybody was searching for a style on canvas. ‘It’s like beating the other guy to the punch since there is just so much you can do with spray paint.’ A gallery owner told me…when graf artists do stuff on canvas in a smaller scale(with spray paint) something gets lost… It was just a matter of compostion and style that Kaws discovered….painting with cel-vinyl.(not as simple as it looks) There are a history of noble failures that paved the way for this guy…each one teach one.

]]> http://hypebeast.com/2009/02/kaws-the-long-way-home-exhibition/#comment-285605 2b Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:00:00 +0000 http://hypebeast.com/?p=75987#comment-285605 Kenny Scharf already did that....paintings with the Jetsons and Flinstones....Kaws will continue to regurgitate cartoon characters from the 80's and up....if you look at history (early)graf artists have always used recognizable characters on the subways and walls....and the public really responded to it. His concept seems so simple that it's downright silly but it's a formula...a recognizable image that connects.(childhood symbolism) Dondi(rip) talked about this in the 80's....he spoke about how graf artists were competing "aboveground" ....how everybody was searching for a style on canvas. 'It's like beating the other guy to the punch since there is just so much you can do with spray paint.' A gallery owner told me...when graf artists do stuff on canvas in a smaller scale(with spray paint) something gets lost... It was just a matter of compostion and style that Kaws discovered....painting with cel-vinyl.(not as simple as it looks) There are a history of noble failures that paved the way for this guy...each one teach one. Kenny Scharf already did that….paintings with the Jetsons and Flinstones….Kaws will continue to regurgitate cartoon characters from the 80′s and up….if you look at history (early)graf artists have always used recognizable characters on the subways and walls….and the public really responded to it. His concept seems so simple that it’s downright silly but it’s a formula…a recognizable image that connects.(childhood symbolism) Dondi(rip) talked about this in the 80′s….he spoke about how graf artists were competing “aboveground” ….how everybody was searching for a style on canvas. ‘It’s like beating the other guy to the punch since there is just so much you can do with spray paint.’ A gallery owner told me…when graf artists do stuff on canvas in a smaller scale(with spray paint) something gets lost… It was just a matter of compostion and style that Kaws discovered….painting with cel-vinyl.(not as simple as it looks) There are a history of noble failures that paved the way for this guy…each one teach one.

]]> http://hypebeast.com/2009/02/kaws-the-long-way-home-exhibition/#comment-43599 elscorcho Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:08:26 +0000 http://hypebeast.com/?p=75987#comment-43599 cartoons with x's for eyes, bones out the side of their heads, and skull mouths....how hard and original is that really???? what is next the jetsons and flintstones?? cartoons with x’s for eyes, bones out the side of their heads, and skull mouths….how hard and original is that really???? what is next the jetsons and flintstones??

]]> http://hypebeast.com/2009/02/kaws-the-long-way-home-exhibition/#comment-285602 elscorcho Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:08:00 +0000 http://hypebeast.com/?p=75987#comment-285602 cartoons with x's for eyes, bones out the side of their heads, and skull mouths....how hard and original is that really???? what is next the jetsons and flintstones?? cartoons with x’s for eyes, bones out the side of their heads, and skull mouths….how hard and original is that really???? what is next the jetsons and flintstones??

]]> http://hypebeast.com/2009/02/kaws-the-long-way-home-exhibition/#comment-285603 elscorcho Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:08:00 +0000 http://hypebeast.com/?p=75987#comment-285603 cartoons with x's for eyes, bones out the side of their heads, and skull mouths....how hard and original is that really???? what is next the jetsons and flintstones?? cartoons with x’s for eyes, bones out the side of their heads, and skull mouths….how hard and original is that really???? what is next the jetsons and flintstones??

]]> http://hypebeast.com/2009/02/kaws-the-long-way-home-exhibition/#comment-43555 Freshselective Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:38:00 +0000 http://hypebeast.com/?p=75987#comment-43555 LUV the cartoon PICS LUV the cartoon PICS

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