KAWS + 808s and Heartbreak Billboard
Kanye West, having previously worked with TOUCHPUPPET favorite Takashi Murkami (I’ll post my Murakami tattoo sometime), has now teamed up with KAWS to create this billboard in New York. The work of KAWS is also featured on Kanye’s 808s and Heartbreak album cover.
Here’s what Kanye has to say about the billboard in his own subtle, understated manner.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PIC THE BILLBOARD IS PLACED THE OPPOSITE THE FLOW OF DRIVING TRAFFIC. WE GOING TO THE OFFICE AND WE GONNA GET MORE BILLBOARDS!!! MORE PRESENCE!!! KAWS T’S!!!!!!!!!!! WE SOLD 72,000 LAST WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YO PEREZ POST THAT!!!! TOP 3 ALBUMS IN THE COUNRTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HEARTLESS 12,0000 SPIIIINS!!!!!!!! LOVE LOCKDOWN 9,000 SPINS!!!!!!!!!!!!! ART WINS!!!!!! ART WINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ART WINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did he just ask Perez Fucking Hilton for publicitiy? 0_______o I must say though, I do like the work of KAWS (how could I not, it’s rather like Murakami’s minus the shadow lines) and I do very much like Kanye’s own personal artistic vision.
Via: Hypebeast
