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KAWS' solo show at Honor Fraser, "The Long Way Home", went off in fine form last night. Fans were not let down as KAWS unleashed an arsenal of new works, spanning several different styles. One of the highlights was a full room full of 'Kurf' styled works, as well as a 90" tall day-glo green Chum, six 20" tall bronze chums (each a diff. color) and three of his painted bronze head casts (including one that had 'fallen' on the floor).

Opening night crush... place was packed from the onset with a line over three blocks long (a good 200 people deep) the whole night long... sadly, sure many were shut out. But don't worry, the show is up through April 4th. I'll be headed out to take it in one more time for sure, as the place was packed to the gills all evening.




KAWS' own head sculpted in bronze.

Ahhh, to have gotten one of these packaged gems of 'Kurf' goodness...

'Kurf' package painting close up... all had sold out prior to show ($10K each)

More 'Kurf' goodness...

Check out a preview of the show that the LA Times ran here. Great article.

A whole row of 20" tall bronze chums... you want one? Well, cough up $30k!

With the man of the hour himself (above).

Honor Fraser @ 2622 S. La Cienega Blvd in Los Angeles / 310.837.0191

“The Long Way Home” from KAWS (On view through April 4th)

As art fans entered Royal/T this eve to check out the special curated exhibit from KAWS, they were greated by an 8' tall pink Chum figure... what a way to set things off from the get go!

Title wall @ Royal/T...

When we arrived at 8:30PM, the place was already packed and filling up more by the minute...

Hideaki Kawashima "Bubble"

Lisa Yuskavage "Grooming"

Seth Carmichael (Carmichael Gallery) & KAWS uber collector Ronnie Pirovino (The Art Collectors blog/forum) alongside collectors John Lisenbery and Robert Moore

Mark Dean Veca with collector and Linkin Park DJ Joe Hahn

Richard Prince "Nurse Dormitory #3"

Front to back, it was a mob scene... it seemed that everyone in the LA scene was out. Artists were out in droves to show their respect to KAWS... spotted were Gary Baseman, James Jean, Tim Biskup, Yoskay Yamamoto, Nate Frizzell, Mark Dean Veca, Todd James (aka Reas), Tessar Lo, Edwin Ushiro, & many more, not to mention several key members of the LA art world.

(l-r) Nate Frizzell, Christine Le Basse & Beau Basse (Le Basse Projects), Jack from Vinyl Pulse, and Shawn Hosner (Thinkspace Gallery)

Mr. "Yoko Natsu Chan" (one of 10 heads in an installation)

KAWS singing one of his 'Warm Regards Bars'...

Show card alongside my sketchbook complete with a sick KAWS Blitz Bomb drawing and a nice tag from Todd James (aka Reas)

Check out a lil' video tour of the 'I Can't Feel My Face' curated exhibit by KAWS that's currently on view now at Royal/T in Culver City.

Be sure to swing by tomorrow afternoon to Royal/T, before heading out to KAWS' solo at Honor Fraser. It's gonna be a mad house guaranteed, so get there early.

'I Can't Feel My Face' will be on view at Royal/T through September 7th, so be sure to check it out as KAWS did a great job picking some beautfiul works from Susan Hancock's stunning collection for this special curation. The exhibit featues works from Olaf Breuning, Carol Dunham, Andre Eithier, Mr., Yoshitomo Nara, Oliver Payne & Nick Relph, Richard Prince, William Sasnal, David Shrigley, Jim Torok and Yan Pei-Ming.

Look for coverage from the KAWS solo at Honor Fraser here tomorrow, along with many of the other big openings that will be keeping LA art lovers busy this Saturday.