KAWS Updates Acute Art App With Free Augmented Reality Drawings

Portraying Companion hands and cartoonish letterforms.

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Last month, KAWS teamed up with augmented and virtual reality experts, Acute Art, to launch digitized EXPANDED HOLIDAY sculptures featuring his signature Companion character. This time around, the duo launches new AR drawings featuring the celebrated Brooklyn-based artist’s signature designs. One drawing features an illustrated pair of Companion hands rising from the surface while another piece portrays a textured “KAWS” letterform with cartoonish eyeballs.

“Please update your Acute Art app to receive a few new free AR drawings we just uploaded,” expressed KAWS. “If you haven’t tried it already to can place multiple AR works in one environment at the same time.”

Download the Acute Art app here and try out these free augmented reality drawings yourself.

In case you missed it, KAWS recently release limited shaped prints with Free Arts NYC with profits to support charities dedicated to serving underprivileged children in crowded shelters.

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Keith Estiler is a New York-born curator, writer, and the Managing Editor of Hypeart, the contemporary art arm of Hypebeast. Based in NYC, Keith heads up editorial strategy at the intersection of contemporary art and culture, capturing the icons and outliers of both the local and international scenes. He has curated exhibitions worldwide, dedicated to championing the emerging voices and subcultures currently redefining contemporary visual culture.

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