Armory Week 2011 – KAWS @ Honor Fraser
After Art Basel, Armory Week is the most significant contemporary art event on the blue chip art world’s calendar. The show, which runs until March 6, features a number of street art darlings, including Ryan McGiness and Jose Parla; the focus, however, is pretty squarely on Brian … READ MORE
BAPE x Original Fake KAWS MILO Dissected COMPANION Toy
If the Robert Lazzarini inspired COMPANION represented the foray by KAWS into avant garde art with a vinyl toy, the BAPE x OriginalFake Baby Milo Dissected Companion is the street style antithesis. Just as he did with the Lazzarini toy, KAWS used his Facebook page to release images … READ MORE
Freshness Week in Review: 1/16/2011 1/22/2011
It’s pretty obvious what the overall theme was this week: shows – both runway and buyer’s events. From Pitti Uomo in Florence, to Paris Fashion Week, to Bread and Butter in Berlin, and Agenda and (capsule), in our own New York City, which had artistic direction by … READ MORE
OriginalFake – KAWS COMPANION Robert Lazzarini Version
Fans of KAWS on Facebook saw a surprising version of the artist’s Companion figure today – which, it turns out, is a piece created by Robert Lazzarini. Lazzarini and Brian Donnely (KAWS) are both New Jersey-born Brooklyn residents, and the two move in overlapping circles in the … READ MORE
Robert Lazzarini x OriginalFake – Capsule Collection
OriginalFake has taken up a new collaborator this season and found a friend in American artist, Robert Lazzarini, who is known for his distorted and expressive work. While some of Lazzarini’s previous exhibitions have been known to challenge the viewer’s concept of art, his work with OriginalFake … READ MORE
