Brian Donnelly, more commonly known as KAWS, has become one of our culture’s most storied artists and designers. From his graffiti roots and re-appropriation of art in public spaces, the New-York based creative took a slow and calculated route towards his work. With increasingly large projects under his belt in a more mainstream realm, he has still maintained a notable degree of humbleness through it all. While most of his public image may be that of a serious individual, beneath it all lies a truly interesting and fun personality who has come to make his mark through painting, fashion and toys.
In his recent exhibition in Hong Kong titled “Passing Through”, he unveiled a massive 5 meter version of his popular Companion character, as well as showing a collection of all-new artwork. As an artist first and foremost, we spoke with him regarding his artwork and the planning of the event, as well as interviewing a major cornerstone of the project, SK Lam of AllRightsReserved.
The “Passing Through” exhibition will run until October 24th, 2010.
Harbour City 3 – 27 Canton Road Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon Hong Kong
The Economist has an interesting chart showing a handful of cities, ranked according to the latest cost of living data. New York provides the benchmark with a score of 100. The world's most expensive cities, in order, are Paris, Tokyo, and Oslo, with scores around 140. Mumbai is down in 131st place with a score below 50. It would be interesting to compare this to the average incomes in these places. Via PSFK.
Why does a salad cost more than a Big Mac? Part of the reason is that a huge proportion of our food subsidies go to meat while only 0.37 percent go to fruits and vegetables. That makes meat and dairy artificially cheap, so we end up consuming more of it than we should, and getting fatter.
New York City is a photographer's dream. In addition to iconic urban landscapes nearly everywhere you look; it's a city ridden with photo galleries. And, that goes for well beyond the obvious Chelsea and 57th Street areas. Gallery-hopping is a frugal and less stressful alternative to a day-long museum jaunt because galleries are almost always free, and if you attend an exhibit opening, you're further blessed with free drinks et al. For good measure, however, we've included two museums worthy of your photographic desires. Consider these picks when you can't bear another abstract painting or ironic performance art.
