![]() ![]() His innovative, colourful, clean-lined renderings of his now familiar characters such as Companion (a dead-eyed, skull-headed take on Mickey Mouse), Chum (a poppy take on the Michelin Man) and BFF (a more adult version of Sesame Street’s Elmo) appear in contemporary art collections across the world. He began doctoring display advertising, winding his now-distinctive serpentine, cross-eyed characters around posters featuring willowy supermodels, disrupting the world of street art, while also drawing the attention of key figures in the worlds of fashion and fine art. However, that skeleton key, combined with Donnelly's artistic talents, ambition, and feel for the moment, enabled him to open up an entirely new avenue for his work. Donnelly, a Jersey City native, had already made a name for himself as a graffiti artist, under the handle of KAWS.
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