New KAWS print from Pace, by sixsense on Dec 6, 2017 4:57:15 GMT 1,

Dec 6, 2017 0:45:33 GMT 1 Howard Johnson said:

Normally a kaws pace release would have me in the ol cycle of disappointment in not being able afford kaws anymore, but the open edition toys have really changed my outlook. If your young and broke you can still save up for a companion statute. If your silly rich you can buy pace prints. Everyone's happy.

On to the editions. Round prints are kinda cool, but I feel like they are a little too similar to Murakami. As everyone is referring to them as "tondo" or whatever I assume there's a history of prints like this, and is not unique to the well known murakami lithos. While I always applaud any artist willing to try something different like this (even if it's a failure, ingenuity in printmaking is absolutely necessary) I can't help but feel like it was a missed opportunity.

The only kaws show I've been fortunate enough to attend was in LA a couple years ago, and I feel in love with the shapes of the artwork moreso then the imagery within it. Canvas shaped like Felix, peanuts characters, animals, wierd cartoon shapes that you recognize but can't quite pinpoint. I found it fascinating that by simply changing the shape of the work, the whole piece is elevated. (Pic below)

Now I know some crazy shapes would be near impossible to produce as prints, but why not try for something simple like chum or a ambiguous cartoon head. Sell them framed so collectors don't have to fret, and raise the edition size and price to cover the additional costs. Maybe it couldn't be done, but I'd love to see them try.

While we're on the topic; who else is over screenprints as the go to medium for contemporary artists? Give me embossings, give me stone lithos, give me c-prints, give me transfers, give me a combo of these with a sweet  silkscreen layer. There are soooo many wonderful and underutilized print techniques, that I really don't know why the silkscreen had become so pervasive (Warhol?).

Cheers to shep for mixing it up with his hpms, os gemeos for using classic lithography, Koons for incorporating mirrors into his recent edition, retna for his monotypes, richter for his precise and exquisite mixed media editions, and faile for pushing the silkscreen medium to its extremes. I'm probably missing other good examples, but I feel like I've seen thousands of silkscreen prints, and while they will always be my first true love, I feel like we deserve a little experimentation in future releases. 

totally agree what you said here, I'm fortunate enough to have many prints with all kind of medium.
In some cases, I've also own the artists original but still buying their prints, e.g. Murakami, Faile.
Reason is the prints is very close to their original, especially for those contemporary artist that heavily involve silkscreen technique . it's just the matter whether it's on canvas or on paper.

Going back to making some crazy shape prints, it is not impossible.
If I assume they cut the circular shape prints using a diecut circular blade(like what we do in traditional offset printing), cutting it with crazy shape diecut blade won't be alot harder than a circular one. I guess it just the framing is the major problem.
I have the KAWS snoopy portfolio and always have a crazy thought of cutting it to its shape and frame.

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Dec 6, 2017 0:45:33 GMT 1 Howard Johnson said:

Normally a kaws pace release would have me in the ol cycle of disappointment in not being able afford kaws anymore, but the open edition toys have really changed my outlook. If your young and broke you can still save up for a companion statute. If your silly rich you can buy pace prints. Everyone's happy.

On to the editions. Round prints are kinda cool, but I feel like they are a little too similar to Murakami. As everyone is referring to them as "tondo" or whatever I assume there's a history of prints like this, and is not unique to the well known murakami lithos. While I always applaud any artist willing to try something different like this (even if it's a failure, ingenuity in printmaking is absolutely necessary) I can't help but feel like it was a missed opportunity.

The only kaws show I've been fortunate enough to attend was in LA a couple years ago, and I feel in love with the shapes of the artwork moreso then the imagery within it. Canvas shaped like Felix, peanuts characters, animals, wierd cartoon shapes that you recognize but can't quite pinpoint. I found it fascinating that by simply changing the shape of the work, the whole piece is elevated. (Pic below)

Now I know some crazy shapes would be near impossible to produce as prints, but why not try for something simple like chum or a ambiguous cartoon head. Sell them framed so collectors don't have to fret, and raise the edition size and price to cover the additional costs. Maybe it couldn't be done, but I'd love to see them try.

While we're on the topic; who else is over screenprints as the go to medium for contemporary artists? Give me embossings, give me stone lithos, give me c-prints, give me transfers, give me a combo of these with a sweet  silkscreen layer. There are soooo many wonderful and underutilized print techniques, that I really don't know why the silkscreen had become so pervasive (Warhol?).

Cheers to shep for mixing it up with his hpms, os gemeos for using classic lithography, Koons for incorporating mirrors into his recent edition, retna for his monotypes, richter for his precise and exquisite mixed media editions, and faile for pushing the silkscreen medium to its extremes. I'm probably missing other good examples, but I feel like I've seen thousands of silkscreen prints, and while they will always be my first true love, I feel like we deserve a little experimentation in future releases. 

totally agree what you said here, I'm fortunate enough to have many prints with all kind of medium.
In some cases, I've also own the artists original but still buying their prints, e.g. Murakami, Faile.
Reason is the prints is very close to their original, especially for those contemporary artist that heavily involve silkscreen technique . it's just the matter whether it's on canvas or on paper.

Going back to making some crazy shape prints, it is not impossible.
If I assume they cut the circular shape prints using a diecut circular blade(like what we do in traditional offset printing), cutting it with crazy shape diecut blade won't be alot harder than a circular one. I guess it just the framing is the major problem.
I have the KAWS snoopy portfolio and always have a crazy thought of cutting it to its shape and frame.

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M

T

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