A lot of things come in the mail but few packages hold such exquisite contents as this week’s delivery of one bronze KAWS COMPANION statue. The artist formerly known as Brian Donnelly releases a formidable array of top-quality product on a regular basis but this edition stands out as an absolute masterpiece. Produced in an edition of 10 (with two artist proofs), this figure was fabricated by master craftsmen in Japan in a traditional process capped off with a rich black patina that gives the work an indelible luster (an edition of ten color-changing silver painted figures was also available). Housing the statue is a custom wooden “coffin” case hand-painted by the artist himself (all 20 of them, that is, no silk-screens here) as worthy of display as the edition it contains. Whatever you do, though, just don’t call it a “toy”. TAKE A CLOSER LOOK: (more…)