AWKWARD
Pharrell Shares KAWS' 'Sperm' With Kanye
After commissioning KAWS to do Smurf murals in his house, a coke white 'Nose' character for his video, and a handful of other projects, it was looking like Pharrell had the Hip Hop monopoly on the former street artist turned graphic designer. However, he's now willing to share and lent him to Kanye. So for his forthcoming album 808s & Heartbreak the Konman had KAWS do all the cover art and graphics including this slightly disturbing image. Did anyone bother to mention that the character wrapping itself around 'Ye's waist and disappearing into his backside is the artist signature "sperm--skull"? In the late 1990s, when KAWS was still relevant and illegally changing out bus shelters, he would employ this character to pervert fashion ads featuring mostly supermodels—female ones. Technically it's not the first time either, the BBC Ice Cream crew was recently coiled up too. Click below for the vintage and decidingly less gay examples of KAWS' work.
by ANIMAL on November 20, 2008
Comments (4)
KAWS is and always will be a toy from new jersey who hit it big because of over hyped BS graffiti.
Posted by nolove for toys | November 20, 2008 3:14 PM
He totally sold out...I find his new work well executed vapidity. But he was relevant once.
Posted by yojimbot | November 20, 2008 8:04 PM
Maybe I just missed the ANIMAL, cause I feel like you are killing it today. Great stuff here and above and below.
p.s. what happened to that lady you had here who was banging out great posts?
Posted by paolo mastrangelo | November 20, 2008 10:02 PM
Appreciated Paolo,
And the lady you mentioned, her name is Susannah Breslin and you can find her stuff over here.
Posted by Bucky Turco | November 22, 2008 11:27 AM