He often draws inspiration and appropriates from popular culture animations to form a unique artistic vocabulary and influential cast of hybrid cartoon and human characters. To commemorate the unveiling of his new sculpture at The Modern in Fort Worth, Texas, KAWS released this Clean Slate Companion. Evoking the sensibilities of Pop artists like Andy Warhol and Claes Oldenburg, KAWS possesses a sophisticated humor and thoughtful interplay with consumer products and collaborations with global brands. Brand New 100 Authentic To commemorate the unveiling of his new sculpture at The Modern in Forth Worth, Texas, KAWS released this Clean Slate Companion. His iconic “XX” signature has its roots in the beginning of his career as a street artist in the 1990s, when he began altering found advertisements by incorporating his own masterful paintings. Over time, the COMPANION figure expanded in size and was transformed into new materials, including bronze, fiberglass, and wood. KAWS is a multi-faceted artist straddling the worlds of art and design in his prolific body of work that ranges from paintings, murals, and large-scale sculptures to product design and toy-making. CLEAN SLATE, 2018, commissioned by the Modern, features KAWS’s iconic COMPANION character, which originated as a vinyl toy in 1999. New in its original packaging.Ī well-received work and variation of KAWS’ large scale Clean Slate sculpture – a key highlight of KAWS’ major museum exhibition KAWS: WHERE THE END STARTS where it was displayed outside of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in 20. This Clean Slate Sculpture (Grey) is an original piece from: Kaws and Medicom Toy.
About Clean Slate Sculpture – Kaws – Grey KAWS Clean Slate Open Edition Release Details For those that missed out the MoMA drop at the weekend, KAWS will be releasing the Clean Slate Open Edition 14inch vinyl figures via his website tomorrow Available in the three usual KAWS colourways of Black, Grey and Brown, each will be priced at 480 (384) + shipping from Noon EST tomorrow.