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KAWS Companion (2010)

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KAWS Companion turns a mourned cartoon into a mass-produced object. Brian Donnelly took 1930s rubber-hose anatomy — tube limbs, four-fingered gloves, a bulbous skull — and quietly cancelled its eyes with a crossed-out mark, casting the result in candy-glossy resin. This system runs on that toy: flat cartoon fields, fat uniform outlines, wet-lacquer highlights, and the XX motif stamped everywhere. The page reads like a collectible photographed under studio softboxes — a matte blush ground, a glossy figure, and edition badges. It is graphic, not gritty; playful, but always with its eyes crossed out.

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  • OriginBrooklyn / Jersey City, USA, produced with Tokyo (Medicom Toy)
  • Period2006–2013 (Companion vinyl peak; OriginalFake store years; 'Dissected' open editions ~2008–2012)
  • DesignerBrian Donnelly · Tatsuhiko Akashi · Emmanuel Perrotin · Hikari Yokoyama
  • Movementsurban vinyl / designer toys · street-pop appropriation · post-graffiti fine art · Superflat-adjacent

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