KAWS’S COMPANION IS A NOW A MACY’S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE BALLOON WHAT?! This if officially the number #1 reason I’m pissed that my holiday flight out is tomorrow morning, because I’m going to miss the new KAWS Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon. These past few years Macy’s has gone all artsy with their new balloon additions- and let’s face it, no complaints here. It’s great to see recognizable art/street art figures being represented in such a main stream event. So now KAWS joins the Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami, Tom Otterness and Tim Burton balloons.  What’s next year’s surprise Macy’s?…I’m waiting. And what an evolution for KAWS…street artist to galleries, showing at the Armory and now a big 40-foot-long Macy’s balloon. What’s the bigger honor I wonder?  *Source HYPEBEAST
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KAWS’S COMPANION IS A NOW A MACY’S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE BALLOON

WHAT?!

This if officially the number #1 reason I’m pissed that my holiday flight out is tomorrow morning, because I’m going to miss the new KAWS Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon. These past few years Macy’s has gone all artsy with their new balloon additions- and let’s face it, no complaints here. It’s great to see recognizable art/street art figures being represented in such a main stream event. So now KAWS joins the Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami, Tom Otterness and Tim Burton balloons. 

What’s next year’s surprise Macy’s?…I’m waiting.

And what an evolution for KAWS…street artist to galleries, showing at the Armory and now a big 40-foot-long Macy’s balloon. What’s the bigger honor I wonder? 

*Source HYPEBEAST

HAWKING ART 

We’ve covered all three artists before and now if you like to shell out some pretty pennies you can own some art swag…

I suppose if you can’t afford to own one of their actual pieces, you could show your support or fandom by showcasing it, wearing it and in one case riding it.

1. Kehinde Wiley Skateboard Decks - Actually, the deck didn’t cost as much as I’d expected. $79.00, although you’ll never get to really appreciate it unless you hang it up after you’re done.

- previous Kehinde Wiley story

2. Balloon Dog -  (yeah, we know Koons doesn’t own the balloon dog - clowns do, but what else do you know it by?). It’s currently sitting on Target shelves looking for a new home for the low price of $34.99. 

- previous Koons story

3. KAWS X Ikepod Horizon Watch - This puppy will only set you back about 10,000 euro, but last time I checked it was sold out. I know…you’re so devastated. What are you going to do with all your cash now? 

-previous KAWS story

The Procrastinator’s Last Minute Gift Guide

Jeff Koons Balloon Dog

Ok, so the UO catalog calls this ornament the “Balloon Dog” – but do you think anyone is going to look at it and not think of Jeff Koons. I don’t think so. So go ahead and have yourself a Koony Christmas.

www.UrbanOutfitters.com

Fantasia & Fantasia 2000 Special Edition

Your illustration fanatic would be proud to own this cinematic treasure. The bonus – the extras include the collaboration between Walt Disney and Salvador Dali, Destino. Destino, a seven-minute animated short contains many hallmarks of the surrealist painter’s work: melting timepieces, telephones, figures morphing into each other, even the “ants in the hand” trick seen in 1929’s Un Chien Andalou.

www.amazon.com

The Art of Tim Burton

This beautifully bound art book arrived on the market in time for Burton’s wildly popular MOMA exhibit. This hefty book chokes on a material from his childhood on… The ride inside takes you into a labyrinth oddities and proves just what a creative genius Burton is.

www.timburton.com

Museum Individual Membership

Most of us find ourselves visiting our favorite museums at discounted times or whenever there’s cash to spare.  Trust me; we would love to be able to visit on a whim.

PS…Philadelphia Museum of Art and are have some landmark exhibitions scheduled for the coming year.

Out of Print Clothing

T-shirts that feature iconic out of print book covers.  For each shirt sold, one book is donated to a community in need through their partners Books For Africa.  Buy one because the concept is cooler than you. Or buy one cause your hipster friends have been dropping those ‘so obscure and vague’ hints that they want’ a gift they can explain to the ‘not-so-cool friend that just doesn’t get it. www.outofprintclothing.com

A Young Mad Scientist First Alphabet Blocks

Z is for Zombie, A is for Appendages, H is for Henchmen, F is for Freeze Ray… it’s as if Edward Gorey made these blocks. Start your nieces or nephews on the path to creativity with these unique laser engraved alphabet blocks.

www.xylocopa.com

Seriously Koons?! Seriously? hydeordie: Jeff Koons’ BMW art car concept… The only reason I KIND of like it is it looks like when the U.S.S. Enterprise has just started warp speed…Of course, that makes it extremely DATED. Way to just phone it in Koons, just like I knew you would.  What? Don’t be upset, you’re the one who made this a habit.
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Seriously Koons?! Seriously?

hydeordie:

Jeff Koons’ BMW art car concept…

The only reason I KIND of like it is it looks like when the U.S.S. Enterprise has just started warp speed…Of course, that makes it extremely DATED. Way to just phone it in Koons, just like I knew you would.  What? Don’t be upset, you’re the one who made this a habit.

Aaah, we all love to hate the “Koons”… hydeordie: Jeff Koons Girl with Dolphin and Monkey 2006 So, BMW picked their new art car and they went with…JEFF KOONS!!! Ugh. Could you be more predictable and publicity hungry? No, you probably couldn’t. After all the great art cars of the past, especially Olafur Eliasson’s that I actually had the pleasure to see, this is super disappointing.  I will probably expand upon this later when I have had more caffeine. Ugh, I’m in a foul mood now.
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Aaah, we all love to hate the “Koons”…

hydeordie:

Jeff Koons Girl with Dolphin and Monkey 2006

So, BMW picked their new art car and they went with…JEFF KOONS!!! Ugh. Could you be more predictable and publicity hungry? No, you probably couldn’t. After all the great art cars of the past, especially Olafur Eliasson’s that I actually had the pleasure to see, this is super disappointing.  I will probably expand upon this later when I have had more caffeine.

Ugh, I’m in a foul mood now.