Pop culture and art have never been as close as they are today. So close that it is now difficult to determine where one ends and the other begins. The consequence of such “friendship” is the continuous appearance of collaborations that are difficult to count. American artist KAWS @kaws and his works deserve special attention in this context.

Born in 1974 and raised in Jersey city, new Jersey, Donnelly spent his high school years skateboarding and drawing graffiti, hobbies that inevitably led to him having to cross the river and go to new York. According to Donnelly, in his youth, graffiti was the only way in which creative people who were interested in art, but had limited access to it, could Express themselves. After graduating in 1993, Donnelly began experimenting not only with inscriptions, but also with his trademark “X”, skull and crossbones.

KAWS is one of the most famous and sought-after contemporary artists whose legacy is difficult to fit into the framework of one particular genre — along with Shepard Fairey (Obey) and Ron English. In addition, the artist has a distinctive style that can not be confused with any other. He exhibited at the world’s best galleries, doing illustration, adorning clothes and shoes of international brands and launched a collaboration, which price on the secondary market reaches unimaginable heights.