KAWS Companion Flayed Magnets, Three-Piece Set, 2019 National Gallery of Victoria Edition, Sealed
KAWS Companion Flayed Magnets, Three-Piece Set, 2019 National Gallery of Victoria Edition, Sealed
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Anatomy of a Cartoon
KAWS opens up his Companion like a teaching model, organs in candy colours. Three palm-sized versions from his Melbourne show.
Best for: A small gift for KAWS collectors and first-time fans
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Described as new and unopened, kept sealed since purchase.
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Three slim magnets, each a standing Companion Flayed with one half of the body opened to show a bright, toy-like anatomy of organs and bones: a set from KAWS's 2019 exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria.
The Piece
KAWS, the name of the New York artist Brian Donnelly, introduced Companion in 1999: a cartoon figure with a skull-and-crossbones head, crossed-out eyes and gloved hands. Over two decades it has appeared as vinyl toys, monumental sculpture and paintings, and it was the centrepiece of his 2019 exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Companionship in the Age of Loneliness.
The Flayed version is one of the most recognisable variations: one side of the figure is peeled back like an anatomical model, revealing a heart, lungs and ribs drawn in candy colours. It turns a cartoon into something closer to a medical illustration, and the contrast is both funny and unsettling. Here the three colourways line up side by side, each cut to the outline of the figure with a white border.
The set is described as bought at the National Gallery of Victoria and kept sealed and unused since. It makes an easy, affordable way into the world of KAWS, or a small gift for a collector who already owns the figures.
Details
- Artist: KAWS
- Object: Companion Flayed magnets, set of three
- Year: 2019
- Issued by: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, as described
- Size: About 9 x 5 cm (3.5 x 2 in) each
- Condition: New, sealed
Condition
- Described as new and unopened.
- Kept sealed since purchase.
Condition grade S (unused, as new) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
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