I'm the owner of the DV Warehouse and Toy Art Gallery in L.A. and I'm downsizing/selling works from my private collection. Most of the works from my collection have been for the past 15 years and now I'm looking for good homes for over 1500 art pieces within our art collection. If you're in L.A. please stop by our corporate office in Hollywood to check out the collection in person or you can also visit the artwork archive site and search my name Gino Joukar to see my portfolio online. For now, greatly appreciate you taking a look at my listing, I've had this piece in my collection since 2009 and it's been within our collection ever since, for now here's more info about the piece and its artists: KAWS X Hajime Sorayama Produced by Medicom Toy and OriginalFake, Tokyo
Comes in formed Styrofoam, in black box with white
lettering. Brian Donnelly, the ex-Disney illustrator better known as KAWS, created his first vinyl toy in 1999: an eight-inch “Companion” whose round belly, noodly limbs, and white gloves
immediately reminded viewers of the cartoons made famous by his former workplace.
The limited edition toy, produced in collaboration with the Japanese brand
Bounty Hunter, reflected KAWS’s desire to make his work more accessible to the
public. In the years since, KAWS has rendered most of his signature characters
in three dimensions, including Chum, Bendy, and Blitz, as well as his
renditions of iconic cartoons like Tweety, Snoopy, and Pinocchio. When first released, these sculptures often sell out in
just seconds. When the Museum of Modern Art promoted KAWS’s toys in its design
store, collector demand was so high that the museum’s website crashed multiple
times.
KAWS is a Brooklyn-based artist whose influential body of work
masterfully synthesizes the worlds of art and design. Across painting, murals, large-scale
sculpture, and street art, as well as graphic and production design, his work
possesses a sophisticated humor and thoughtful interplay with consumer products
through collaborations with global brands. KAWS is often inspired by and
appropriates pop culture animations to form a unique artistic vocabulary that
spans a broad range of mediums. Now admired for his larger-than-life sculptures
and hard-edge paintings that emphasize line and color, KAWS has created a cast
of hybrid cartoon and human
characters that are perhaps the strongest examples of
his exploration of humanity. KAWS has exhibited extensively throughout the
United States and internationally. Recent solo exhibitions of his work have
been held at institutions such as the Brooklyn
Museum; the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; the Pennsylvania
Academy of Fine Arts; the Yuz Museum; Yorkshire
Sculpture Park; and the Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga.
He has also participated in exhibitions at major institutions such as the Museum of Contemporary Art San
Diego; the Newcomb Art Museum; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los
Angeles; and the Deste Art Foundation for Contemporary Art. Hajime Sorayama is revered for his erotic airbrushed illustrations of humanoid robots that explore ideals of femininity and beauty. Drawing on pinup pictures, Sorayama published the first book of his signature “Sexy Robot” series of chromium-plated figures in 1983. Decades later, these striking works have sold for more than $500,000. Sorayama started his career in advertising before freelancing in Hollywood, where he helped to produce visuals for sci-fi films. His illustrations gained widespread attention in 1995, when Penthouse began featuring them in a monthly column. While Sorayama has enjoyed a particular cult status for his sensual cyborgs —who appear empowered rather than objectified —he has also received mainstream commercial attention. Sony enlisted him to produce the first designs for its robotic dog AIBO, which won the grand prize for Japan’s Good Design Award in 1999. Sorayama has also worked with fashion titans such as Thierry Mugler and Dior on projects that have extended his illustrations into the realm of wearables, sculpture, and performance. |