New OriginalFake x MEDICOM TOY in Store 8.10.12

KAWS COMPANION (RESTING PLACE)

Pirovino KAWS Collection

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KAWS x Wonderwall

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Karimoku x OriginalFake KAWS Companion Figure

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Art Hong Kong 2011 – KAWS @ Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin

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OriginalFake Back Big ‘X’ Pike Polo

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OriginalFake “Cloud” & “Relax Phase” T-Shirts

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Medicom Toy x OriginalFake 5th Anniversary 70% Companion Bearbrick

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OriginalFake KAWS Blitz Key Chain

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Gallery 1950 x OriginalFake Mats

Gallery 1950 have provided a number of Japanese labels with a platform to create some impressive household products, none more so than Original Fake. Featuring a Dissected Companion and Skull design, here are two floor mats that impressive with the iconic art work of the renowned artist KAWS.

KAWS Video Interview by Nowness

Today see’s the first of Nowness.com’s first video in a series of films focussing on Art Basel Miami 2010. They probably couldn’t have started the series with anything more popular than a video interview with KAWS in his Brooklyn Studio.

A graffiti kid who started out climbing New York's billboards in the middle of the night, Brian Donnelly, a.k.a. KAWS, now garners comparisons to Takashi Murakami and Keith Haring, and his collectors include Lance Armstrong and Pharrell Williams. The artist's often candy-colored paintings and sculptures wink at pop culture, appropriating characters such as The Simpsons, The Smurfs, the Michelin Man and SpongeBob into a fantastical, offbeat world. Original Fake, the company founded by KAWS in the 90s and based out of Tokyo’s Aoyama district, releases his vinyl toys and clothing line, securing an avid fan base in Asia; recently a 16-foot sculpture featuring a pirate skull on the body of Mickey Mouse was erected in Hong Kong's Harbour City. The new career-spanning monograph KAWS—which he will be signing in the OHWOW bookstore at Miami's Standard Hotel on Friday December 3—brings the elements of his one-man empire together: "Seeing the book has given me perspective on everything I've done until now," he says. "I can now mentally move on to the next thing.” Directors Jauretsi and Crystal Moselle caught up with the 35-year-old in his Brooklyn studio as he was shipping paintings to Miami's Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin for this year’s Art Basel Miami 2010. His current shows at Galerie Perrotin, Paris, and the Aldrich Museum in Connecticut, run through December 23 and January 2, 2011, respectively.

KAWS “Pay the Debt to Nature” Exhibition Recap

Here is an in depth look at the works KAWS has created for his exhibition Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin entitled “Pay the Debt to Nature”. Consisting of large scale works on a selection of mediums that are part of the artists signature look this makes for anther compelling installation of work. The show put forth another strong showing from the East Coast artist, highlighting a collection of SpongeBob paintings and as well as a 5ft Companion and two Accomplice vinyl statues in black and pink.