Archive for October 28th, 2008
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
KAWS - New Painting Update #2
Looks like KAWS just updated his blog right after we published our last post, so here are two bits of news on the artist in a row, presented to you just as soon as we got word of them. Here, KAWS shows off more new paintings, while a CBS news crew (including former MTV VJ Serena Altschul) visited his studio to film an upcoming segment on his art. The larger pieces representing a different, more abstract style than what long time admirers are accustomed to and are likely to be exhibited at Gering Lopez Gallery, from Nov. 6 - Dec. 23. More pics after the jump Read the rest of this entry »
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
KAWS’ Family Guy Painting
A little while back we heard some rumblings of KAWS rendering the Family Guy characters, and now the word is officially out. Once again, the lucky owner seems to be Pharrell Williams, who was also behind commissioning the first Smurf and Spongebob paintings from the artist. Here are the photos Pharrell dropped on his blog yesterday. Is this a sign of things to come at KAWS’ upcoming New York solo show?
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Say Goodbye to Banksy
London’s Westminster City Council has ordered Banksy’s “One Nation Under CCTV” mural to be removed from the wall it has resided on since appearing last April. The vote was justified by Deputy Council Leader, Robert Davis, who said, ”we are not saying the owners need to paint over this mural as we can see it has value in the right location, such as an art gallery…We simply want it removed from this wall and the owner is perfectly entitled to remove it and sell it if they wish.” He went on to add “I take the view that this is graffiti and if you condone this then what is the difference between this and all the other graffiti you see scrawled across the city?…If you condone this then you condone graffiti all over London.”
With any luck, the 23 foot high piece will get painted over, and not excavated and auctioned. Let’s hope Mr. Banksy takes care of it himself….
Source: The Independent / Images: Mail on Sunday