'Tension' by KAWS, 2021
Limited Edition figure set collab. with Be@rbrick x Medicom Toy.
Based on the artist's sold out 10-piece print portfolio 'Tension', NGV Museum, Australia, 2021.
400% figure (11 Inches tall) +
100% figure (2.8 Inches tall)
11.8 x 7.9 x 4.7 Inches (box)
RARE, Collectible hydro-dipped designer vinyl art figure set.
Limited Edition (Sold Out).
New in original, unopened box.
Medicom Toy tamper-proof hologram decal on box.
ARTIST BIO
KAWS (real name Brian Donnelly) was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. He studied illustration at the School of Visual Arts in New York before working as a freelance animator at Disney. He also worked on the children’s animations ‘101 Dalmations’, ‘Daria’ and ‘Doug’.
His art career began as a graffiti artist in New Jersey, he would deface advertisements on billboards, bus shelters and phone booths. In the late 1990s, KAWS began designing limited edition toys that were a hit with global art toy-collectors, most prominently in Japan. He created more toys and clothing for the brand Original Fake, a collaboration with Medicom Toy. He has also worked with Nigo for ‘A Bathing Ape’.
He is noted for blurring the lines between fine art and mass-produced merchandise. He has used his products to present art that permeates a larger audience than simply the art world, although he remains involved in the commercial art and fine art communities.