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« Reply #435 on Jul 26, 2011, 7:18am »

Ltd edition of only 420,000

He's turned into another Romero Britto! And the quote on the label???Puuleeeeease!

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« Reply #436 on Jul 26, 2011, 9:11am »

i hate to see corporate crap like this.
and yes, i was just sick in my mouth when i read that quote.

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« Reply #437 on Jul 26, 2011, 9:51am »

If I may say so, it is not that visually interesting either. I only know him from what you guys post on the forum so I am not really entitled to an opinion, but it would have been fun to see a crazy shaped bottle or something.

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« Reply #438 on Jul 26, 2011, 11:54am »

The Hennessy bottles suck. (Absolut makes beautiful artist bottles)
Iv loved the Absolut Vodka artist campaign for years, link to their Chiho Aoshima ad below.
http://www.absolut.com/products/artofsharing/artists

Still have a few hand painted Britto Absolut bottles, he filled them with paint which has started to dry and crack. (in storage/garage)

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Re: KAWS
« Reply #439 on Jul 26, 2011, 8:47pm »

Jul 26, 2011, 9:51am, katrin wrote:

Its a Hennessy bottle - not a KAWS bottle

The challenge was that he had to work within the confines of the upcoming VS bottle. I think that constraint leads to an inevitable design problem - and thats the clash of the "old world" feel of the Hennessy elements and outright pop art language that KAWS speaks! Makes for a noisy label and almost requires a second look to notice KAWS work which would otherwise be recognized at a glance. Hey, they asked for it and they got it - Brian did what Brian does and considering the above mentioned constraints, I think he did well. Too bad (as Tom mentioned) it wasn't someone like Absolut that contracted him - the almost blank canvas they drop for thier artist series bottles is a hell of a lot more conducive to what KAWS does ... would have been one of thier better bottles IMO!

All that said - I'll buy some anyway. I'm a sucker for this breed of affordable conversation piece for behind my bar. Two of my favorites that I have picked up as of late were - the Jimi Hendrix Vodkas and the Ron English bottle for Absolut...

Jim

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Re: KAWS
« Reply #440 on Jul 27, 2011, 5:58pm »

Jul 26, 2011, 9:11am, svenman wrote:

i hate to see corporate crap like this.
and yes, i was just sick in my mouth when i read that quote.

kaws is unashamedly a corperate artist though - the toys, the clothing line, the album art and so on. its not like he's 'sold out' or anything, he's as much a designer as he is an artist. the quote is ridiculously cringy though, what on earth happened there.

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Re: KAWS
« Reply #441 on Jul 27, 2011, 6:12pm »

Jul 27, 2011, 5:58pm, 8080 wrote:

Jul 26, 2011, 9:11am, svenman wrote:

i hate to see corporate crap like this.
and yes, i was just sick in my mouth when i read that quote.

absolutely. kaws sold himself out a long, long time ago.
i just personally dislike seeing corporate hype masquerading as art through affiliation. give me a diy art project any day.
unfortunately, it seems to be an increasing trend though within this 'scene'.

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Re: KAWS
« Reply #442 on Jul 28, 2011, 1:47pm »

some preview shots from his upcoming show @ Honor Fraser:

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Re: KAWS
« Reply #443 on Aug 9, 2011, 10:08am »

http://vimeo.com/27446060

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Re: KAWS
« Reply #444 on Aug 9, 2011, 10:24am »

Stussy - http://vimeo.com/24292507

What I would do for just one of these fantastic ad disruptions...I'm telling ya! If anyone knows of any knocking about, please let me know. Enjoy.

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Re: KAWS
« Reply #445 on Aug 9, 2011, 4:52pm »

While you're at it, let me know as well!!! I'm in for one.

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Re: KAWS
« Reply #446 on Aug 11, 2011, 11:31pm »

As per KAWS Facebook page...

"Burglar Steals $100,000 Artwork from Marc Ecko Gallery"

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Bur....-127562753.html

Jim

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