WTF

Interesting.

 

That is what $10,000 looks like.

 

More than that, I'd wager.
If it's real. Looks a bit off. No?

 

I'm assuming the color on that photo is just really off and it's the Pink Chum from the Beautiful Losers show.

 

seems like its a new one from current exhibition in nyc.
rest of the works here: http://www.geringlopez.com/artists/kaws/

 

It's a prototype of a down suit to go with those down slippers.

 

I didn't see what you're referring to on that webpage, but it's pretty cool. It's nothing new, but I'd still love to have a giant Chum. The Chums that I have are probably some of my favorite pieces.

 

dope

 

weird colour

 

$60k+ apparently..

 

It for the new show in NYC, along with 33 multi-colored life size KAWS busts for only 25k each.

 

As in, busts of KAWS himself? Lame.

 

25K and no X's?

 

Mega-Chum = Awesome

Kaws Busts = Lame Ego Trip

I thought it was interesting, although a bit egotistical, when he put the little heads in the Kaws Kun...but this really takes it to a whole new level. Those busts need some defacing, in my opinion, but at 25K a head, you'd have to have really deep pockets to burn some x's into his eyes and graff up his forehead...

I'm not a Kaws-hater---I admire the fact that he can make a shit-ton of money doing the same routine over and over---but I still don't get how his stuff brings down the "fine art" price tags that it does...guess I should be very happy about that, as it is saving me a lot of cash!

 

the kaws bust would be cool if you have a giant skull kun to hold it

 

anybody who spends 25k on a kaws head needs to have their own head examined

 

And about 24 years after Jeff Koons did the same thing, much better, and in a context that actually had significant aesthetic content.

Long story short, KAWS is shallow. He has the licks to execute well, but he's not a very good artist overall.

There is so much exciting, radical, awesome work going on in contemporary art in the United States and the world these days. KAWS is commerce without much substance at all. All his ideas have been expressed better by others, decades ago.

 

This is possibly the lamest thing I have ever seen. Can anyone say delusions of grandeur?

 

I thought the severed head in the Skull-Kun was possibly him being a little humble, i.e. "BxH kills KAWS"...

I agree with you, the mega chum is awesome but the busts are troubling...if he had defaced the busts himself it would have been much more palatable.

 

Maybe we just can't see it- but the hat says DOUCHE above the bill.
Just sayin'.

 

That is what I like about him.

 

Isn't that kind of the point?

 

To each their own. I'm well aware of his popularity as well as the general snickering about that. I just wish more people would be more motivated to find out what else is going on out there. The de facto KAWS-worship among many in the toy collecting scene is kinda tired at this point. Otherwise, I really do mean "to each their own." If KAWS is your thing, by all means, enjoy.

There are some good shows by some true originals coming up in the SF Bay Area soon. I'll post in a separate thread about that when the time comes.