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Hennessy x KAWS Store Locator Facebook Application
October 31, 2011
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Effectively joining the world of both art and spirits with the Hennessy x KAWS partnership, Hennessy continue one of their big campaigns for the year with a store locator app. Nestled within Facebook, the app will give you the chance to quickly and effectively find the nearest...
OriginalFake x Peanuts “JOE KAWS” Snoopy Teaser
October 20, 2011
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It looks like KAWS’s latest project has the esteemed artist working alongside Charles M. Schulz’s iconic comic strip Peanuts, reinterpreting the classic character Snoopy. Accompanying a vinyl Snoopy figure done up in signature KAWS style will be a graphic T-shirt. There is...
KAWS “Down Time” Exhibition @ High Museum of Art
October 9, 2011
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The High Museum of Art will premiere a major multi-site exhibition of work by Brooklyn-based artist Brian Donnelly, aka KAWS on February 18, 2012 with a 22-foot-high, site-specific mural painted in the Margaretta Taylor Lobby of the High’s Wieland Pavilion, along with a...
Eric Elms x KAWS T-Shirt Preview
October 9, 2011
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Eric Elms offers a preview of a T-shirt made in celebration of the artist's upcoming "WISH YOU WERE HERE" exhibition. Featuring artwork from both Elms and fellow art mate KAWS, the tee pairs signature characters from each creative to make for a memorable piece. No release...
KAWS Hennessy Headquarters Visit
September 20, 2011
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Prior to the launch of KAWS's recent collaboration with famous French distillers Hennessy, the influential pop artist descended upon the company's headquarters in Cognac, France. A tour involving KAWS presented the various steps that go into the production of one of the world's...
OriginalFake SMILE T-Shirt
September 20, 2011
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Making use of the recognizable KAWS Companion Hands artwork, OriginalFake roll out a new series of T-shirts for their fall/winter collection. Taking on a similar blithe approach as is characteristic of much of the artist's work, the SMILE T-shirt is screened in a variety of...
OriginalFake 2011 Fall/Winter Bag Collection
September 20, 2011
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The OriginalFake Chomper motif gets an update via the following Cotton Canvas collection for the label's 2011 fall/winter collection. Consistently utilized in visible fashion, the pattern is applied over various mediums. Each bag comes in either an off-white or black...
KAWS x Jason Wu 2012 Spring/Summer Women’s Collection
September 13, 2011
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Venturing into a more fashion-forward gig, KAWS collaborated with Jason Wu to work on some floral prints and other signature graphics seen dominating the designer’s latest collection. Best known for his red carpet dresses and for being a favorite of First Lady Michelle Obama,...
KAWS “Hold The Line” Exhibition @ Honor Fraser Recap
September 12, 2011
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KAWS's second solo exhibition took to Los Angeles's Honor Fraser encompassing both paintings and sculptures. Opening on Saturday night, the format saw a large number of circular tondo paintings become a central theme to the exhibition. The macro approach to painting created less...
KAWS “Hold The Line” Exhibition @ Honor Fraser Further Preview
September 4, 2011
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In a run-up to next weekend's KAWS “Hold The Line” exhibition at Honor Fraser, KAWS presents a piece that will potentially grace the walls of yet another highly anticipated exhibition. Stay tuned for details as well as coverage of the event.
KAWS x Hennessy Launch at New Museum Recap
August 31, 2011
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Just a short while ago, New York-based artist KAWS was at the center of a well publicized campaign involving decades old distillers, Hennessey. Taking a traditional design, KAWS's modernization of the brand was a welcome refresh for the alcohol brand as a launch party took place...
KAWS “Hold The Line” Exhibition @ Honor Fraser
August 25, 2011
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Honor Fraser is pleased to present "Hold The Line," KAWS's second solo exhibition with the gallery. In a new group of paintings and sculpture, Brooklyn-based artist KAWS delivers stylized adaptations of visual icons in American animation. Along with the existential emotive and...
Burglar Steals $100,000 Artwork from Marc Ecko Gallery
August 12, 2011
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Last Thursday, a burglar calmly walked into Ecko's Chelsea gallery and strolled up to the second floor where he proceeded to remove a piece of KAWS work from the wall, roll it up, place it in a carrying tube and walk away. The piece, Untitled (Calvin Klein), is part of a series...
KAWS x Hennessy In-Studio Tour
August 10, 2011
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After the recent showing of KAWS's tour of the Hennessy headquarters in France, we take a trip back to the artist's studio to talk about his insights into art. Despite his well-known aesthetic, each individual collaboration brings forth a different theme and style derived from...
KAWS x Hennessy Cognac Trip Video
August 9, 2011
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In this short video from Hennessy, KAWS takes us on a narrative journey to Cognac, France as he visits the Hennessy chateau for the first time. Although not very lengthy, we do get a peek into some of the behind-the-scenes action from the collaboration between the acclaimed...
