Just hours ago, Murakami’s Kaikai Kiki Gallery in Tokyo hosted the opening of KAWS‘ latest solo show entitled Ohh… The exhibition has been a long time coming for the NY-based artist’s fans and collectors in Japan, also home to his OriginalFake store. Along with exploring a slightly different color palette with rectangular pieces, some of his popular tondo paintings were also included in this new body of work. Although his love for SpongeBob is present throughout, the centerpieces of the show saw the return of two pop culture references he has explored before – the Astro Boy and Smurf – one in an abstracted form and the other in the shape of the canvas. Take a look at more photos below…
Photo credit: Jump Jump & mura1225 except front image via Edison Chen.
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