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I wanted to get to know the artists more that just the art work so i have read some interviews and biographies on Kenny Scharf.

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Watching artist Kenny Scharf paint a monumental, public mural entirely by himself on a very cold November night in New York City, I was astonished not only at Scharf's free-hand skill, but also his artistic drive, painting character after character, to create a bright, smiling beacon of fun on the Bowery.

After witnessing Scharf painting tirelessly, there was no question in my mind that Scharf not only refuses to use a team of assistants to make his art but also, devotes himself completely to his art-making process, fitting perfectly with the theme of my two week residency at Art 21.

Working continuously since the early 1980s in New York, Scharf is only beginning to receive the critical recognition that he deserves for his long and varied career. Often lumped together with his friends and fellow artists Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, Scharf's work has progressed past the art of the 1980's to become a testament to his own enduring aesthetic, marked by happy characters, Hanna-Barbera cartoons, customized appliances and futuristic outer-space scenes.

With art ranging from paintings to sculptures to murals to Cosmic Cavern installations, the largest being his basement space in Brooklyn, which he turned completely into a black-lit, day-glo world where he holds dance parties and performances, Scharf's body of work stands as an example not only of long-term artistic creation but also, proof that art can and should be fun.

I spoke to Scharf about his artistic process, the role of spontaneity in art, the B52's and how he feels about the legacy of art of the 1980s.
Emily Colucci: For these two weeks at Art 21, I've been focusing on the artistic processes of artists who do their own work and devote themselves entirely to art-making. What is your artistic process?
Kenny Scharf: I believe in doing the work myself. I don't have anyone helping me other than stretching and gessoing the canvases. The actual art-making, I do all myself. It's not that I don't think anyone else could do a good job. It's what I love to do.

There's a million definitions of being an artist but I really like to see the artist's hand. Not only in what I do, but when I look at other artists' work, I really respond to the emotion and the energy that comes from the line or the mark the individual makes. If you're hiring 50 assistants, you're not going to get that same passion that the individual behind it would. I believe in the power and the passion of the actual touch.

I'm very old-fashioned in a way. I do oil painting on canvas, something that's happened for centuries. Not that I'm against using new technologies, but I'm really into the old way. I like the tactileness of making it myself.

I'm not really a business man; I'm an artist. Almost everything I do is spontaneous and that's something you have to do yourself too. I think a lot of the magic happens when you don't know what you're going to do. You just let fate guide you and the use of magic. You depend on another kind of energy or something outside of yourself. It's kind of a scary thing and it's really exciting. I really believe spontaneity and magic come together.
EC: Most of your work is about fun, from donuts to The Jetsons and The Flintstones, to your own happy characters. Does the spontaneity of your process create fun on the canvas, mural or installation?
KS: You can't plan fun out because then it's not so much fun anymore. The spontaneity when you just don't know what's going to happen, that's what's fun.
EC: In addition to your canvases, you have done many large scale public murals in many locations, from New York to Miami to Philadelphia. Do you plan these murals or do you continue to let the art and fun spontaneously happen?
KS: People always ask and when I tell them I don't plan them out, people don't believe it. There's no drawing or projection. You're relying on chance and it's super exciting to do something like that in public in front of everyone. It becomes a performance. It's always both exciting and scary. You have to take those risks for the magic to happen and you can always fall on your face in public. You have to have faith and it's worked so far for me.
EC: I interviewed performance artist Hunter Reynolds for the Art21 Blog and he revealed that he sees all of his art-making as performance-based, even painting. Since you notice your mural painting evolve into a performance with a public audience, do you see other parts of your work as a performance?
KS: It all depends. I guess if you're all alone, it can still be a performance. Everything you do is a performance. You're your own reality TV show even if there is no camera. Everyone is, all of the time.
EC: In addition to drawing and painting, you also make installations, the biggest being your Cosmic Cavern space in Brooklyn, a day-glo, black-lit world created from disco-balls, appliances, toys and any other material you can glue to a wall. Do you rely on spontaneity to construct these installations?
KS: It's not a lot of planning. It's like I have this vacuum cleaner and this dinosaur. Let's put it together and throw it over there.
EC: Entering into a Cosmic Cavern, you really get the sense that you are walking into a Kenny Scharf painting. When did you start constructing them?
KS: I started doing it a long time ago, probably around 1981. I had this this weird place right near Bryant Park back with Keith Haring then, it was very funky. It wasn't a loft. It was an 1820's townhouse that had never been repaired. It was stuck between these buildings in Midtown. I discovered this room in this rambling house. It was so filled with junk that you couldn't even get a foot in the door. I thought, "Okay, I have a new space here." So I emptied it all out. It had old wallpaper and was all funky, abandoned and cool. I don't know exactly how I stumbled on a blacklight. I was walking and I saw a blacklight and thought, "I need that." I put it in the room with a poster and combined it with all the junk I had just took out of the room. This was all connected to my fascination with junk and garbage. I had been making art out of trash for awhile before that. I like appliances and things with dials and toys, things I can transform into these science fiction/fantasy objects. I started throwing the junk in the room and painting it fluorescent with the blacklight. So, it all grew from there.

People didn't look at what I was doing as very original because blacklight was very popular in the '60s with the hippie culture. In the '80s, it was kind of weird to bring something back that was already from another generation. But I didn't care. I loved and I still love what blacklight does to a space. It's a change of reality to look at those colors and the intensity. Obviously I've done something different with it but it still goes with the same spirit as the '60s, blacklight installations, which were less about art and more about nightlife and happenings.

Then, parties started happening in them. I love having art that you can dance in. It becomes alive. Visual art itself is alive, but when you have music and people, it's a great performance. Then, when Michael [ Michael Alan has performed several times in Scharf's Cosmic Cavern space in Brooklyn] did his shows in there, it's another crazy dimension. It's very exciting to host a space where you see great things happening by other people. There is so much time that I spend by myself making art. Art is so solitary that when you get to do something involving a party and a bunch of people it's great.
EC: Since you do host dance parties in the Cosmic Cavern with a soundtrack ranging from funk to Martha and the Vandellas, what sort of music do you listen to in the studio?
KS: I'm kind of lazy. I used to listen to a lot of my friends' mixes. Scott Ewalt made great CDs, but I usually just listen to internet radio. I listen to Michael's CD [ Michael Alan Alien], it's a lot of fun. I like everything. I listen to the jazz station when I'm in New York. I like it all really.
EC: When I think of your work and music, I can't help but think of the B52's. With both you and the band's focus on a 60's, futuristic aesthetic, your art and their music seems to go together perfectly in my mind, which culminated in the album cover for "Bouncing Off the Satellites" you created for them.
KS: They're my favorite band ever! From the first day, Keith Haring and I were just groupies. If you watch any of the early videos you can see Keith and I sweating and go-go dancing at the very front. There's more than one video like that out there.

When I first saw them, I was like, "Oh my god, this is the musical counterpart to my art." Even the song "Planet Claire." I had just done my first show and it fit almost perfectly to the words of the song of this girl who gets in her car and drives to outer-space. I felt very connected immediately. All I wanted to do was to do everything for them.
Speaking of driving to outer-space in a car, I saw the painted Cadillac you made for your recent exhibition at Honor Fraser Gallery in Los Angeles. When did you start making your painted Cadillacs?
KS: My first car when I got some money from my first show in the '80s. I bought a '61 Cadillac. It was the first car that I painted.

It really started with customizing appliances. I look at a car as one of the ultimate appliances. Whether it's a car, a TV, a telephone, anything that you actually use and handle and touch, if you turn that object into art, then you bring art into your everyday life. I look at it as futuristic but also it's very ancient. I compare it to the Ancient Egyptians or the Greeks. All their objects that they used in their daily life were art. They didn't have TVs so they used urns. Its pretty similar to the ancient way of living and I think it elevates you.

If you live in a state of art, you'll be elevated.
It seems that many artists, writers and others in the art world now have a real nostalgia for art from the 1980s, from the art to the clubs such as Club 57 to the alternative spaces and exhibitions such as the Times Square Show, of which you were a part. How do you feel about this current nostalgia for art since you played such a part in that art scene?
KS: It's amazing. You can only hope that as you get older, younger artists will look at what you do for inspiration. When I first came to New York and decided, "this is it, I'm going to do this," I was looking at Warhol and his life, happenings, the Pop artists and everyone who came before me. I can only dream that I could make that impact in any way on younger artists. Its important to have that. No one lives in a bubble. Work hard to keep the line going. If I can offer some kind of line like that, I'd be very happy about that.

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You Can't Plan Fun: An Interview With Kenny Scharf | Art21 Magazine

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Watching artist Kenny Scharf paint a monumental, public mural entirely by himself on a very cold November night in New York City, I was astonished not only at Scharf's free-hand skill, but also his artistic drive, painting character after character, to create a bright, smiling beacon of fun on the Bowery.

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I've been a big fan of Kenny's work ever since I saw his first show at Tony Shafrazi's gallery in SoHo in 1985. It was an installation, really; not just a painting show. In retrospect, it was pretty funny to read in the New York Times a review saying that bringing graffiti (that was illegal), spontaneous, and "of the street" onto canvas was ridiculous. That review sounds ludicrous in hindsight, because graffiti has had a huge effect on art history. After the Shafrazi show, Kenny had recognition at the level enjoyed by friends Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat. They are both now enshrined in the canon of art history. I talked to Kenny about how unfair this is that he was in a way left out. And he said, "My problem is that they died, and I'm still alive." I agree, but art history has a way of righting itself eventually.

-Marilyn Minter

Marilyn Minter What was it like making a new Cosmic Cavern at TOTAH? How long did it take? Were you worried about using spray paint again in such close quarters?

Kenny Scharf It was super fun! It was just me and good coffee, good weed, good music, and my spray cans. I wear a mask, but it is a basement with no windows, so it would get pretty intense down there. I would just go crazy spraying and then basically run upstairs and outside and breathe and let it settle before going back downstairs to do it again! It took me two days. Spray paint is very quick and immediate. Sometimes it reminded me of being underwater, as I would seriously paint while trying to hold my breath (I had a mask, but it was still stinky). When I would run upstairs and outside, it really felt like I was coming up for air after a mesmerizing dreamlike underwater dive.

MM Tell me about the red, blue, and gray color theme in the paintings? Do you always have a color theme when you put together a body of work?

KS The color scheme was David Totah's idea, not mine. Normally if somebody, especially an art "dealer," makes a suggestion or request, I am likely to do the opposite. But David is not your average "dealer," and I really respect his thoughtfulness and sensitivity; so when he suggested that, I didn't reject it. I thought about it, and it seemed like a fun idea, so why not? And once into it, I became incredibly immersed in the qualities and relationships of those three colors, and the restrictions almost became liberating. It's also a great way to focus on the actual painting and paint. It's not as pared down as black and white, but that stripped-down quality really brings out other things that might not be noticed with brighter, contrasting colors. And I like the way it unified the whole floor. Also, the colors red and blue, like the title of the show, are the colors of blood. Our interior liquid life colors bring us deep inside literally and psychically.

MM What is the vision involved in making your three-dimensional work as opposed to your vision making paintings and drawings? What is the difference in thinking methods?

KS The transition from painting to sculpture and back to painting is pretty easy. Almost all of my paintings involve the rendering of three-dimensional objects; therefore, if I am creating an actual 3-D object or I'm painting a picture of one, I'm still seeing the 3-D object in my head before I begin. Some of my sculpture literally could be extracted from a painting. There's nothing quite like the 3-D object. It's almost like entering a painting and walking around inside of it.

MM One of my favorite gallery shows of all time was the Who's Afraid of Jasper Johns show at Tony Shafrazi superimposed on the wallpaper of Four Friends in 2008. What did you think of that show? Were you involved at all in what was going to be installed on "your" wallpaper?

KS I think you're referring to the Urs Fischer show where he used actual paintings (including mine) as backdrops for the finished displays. I wasn't involved or consulted. At first my reaction was disrespect that my art was used without my consent as a backdrop, and I wasn't quite clear about the reasons for the aesthetic and what the purpose or philosophy was behind the gesture. Obviously it did get quite a reaction, and many people like you enjoyed it. It also made the front page of the New York Times arts section.

MM Tell me about your favorite collaboration with another artist?

KS I don't do many collaborations with visual artists, but I've done walls with Keith Haring, prints with Ed Ruscha, installations with Dear Raindrop. I have also collaborated numerous times with performances and videos, and I've had especially great moments with the artist Ann Magnuson. I am most used to working solo. I find that collaborating can be very stimulating with the back and forth, push and pull. I love the experience of performance, stage work, and acting. It's a different type of energy working with other people and also in front of a live audience.

MM Your range of work seems constant and all-consuming. So what do you do for fun?

KS It's true I am sometimes a monster machine! I get so much joy and pleasure from making art, and it really is an addiction; but it is one that feeds me and keeps me happy. I do, however, love other things, especially swimming in the ocean, growing things in my garden, watching the sunset, and spending time with my two grandkids, Jet (seven) and Lua (four).

Kenny Scharf: blue blood is on view at TOTAH in New York City until July 28.

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Spray Paint and 3-D: Kenny Scharf Interviewed by Marilyn Minter - BOMB Magazine

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I've been a big fan of Kenny's work ever since I saw his first show at Tony Shafrazi's gallery in SoHo in 1985. It was an installation, really; not just a painting show. In retrospect, it was pretty funny to read in the New York Times a review saying that bringing graffiti (that was illegal), spontaneous, and "of the street" onto canvas was ridiculous.

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Born 1958 in Los Angeles, CA.

Primary residence in Los Angeles, CA.

EDUCATION

1980 B.F.A. School of Visual Arts, New York, NY.

OBJECTIVE

My ambition as a professional artist is to maintain the course that I set 30 years ago by establishing my work in the fields of painting, sculpture, and performance. Every project I undertake is building on my past experiences. My original approach is unchanged; it is a personal challenge to produce the best work possible every time. One very important and guiding principle to my work is to reach out beyond the elitist boundaries of fine art and connect to popular culture through my art. My personal ambition has always been to live the example.

A PARTIAL CHRONOLOGY :

Kenny Scharf : "Dystopian Painting" Almine Rech New York, NY. SEPT - OCT. 2020

Kenny Scharf : "Moodz" Jeffrey Deitch Los Angeles, CA. JULY - OCT. 2020

Group Exhibitions:

"The Shadow" Totah NYC

Kenny Scharf : "Optimistically Melting" Honor Fraser Gallery Los Angeles

Kenny Scharf : "Anxiously Optimistic" Baik Gallery Seoul Republic Of Korea

Kenny Scharf : "Universalis" La Nave Salinas Ibiza, Spain

Kenny Scharf : "Blue Blood" Totah NY. NY.

Kenny Scharf : "Viva Lo Vivo" After & Again Mexico City

Group Exhibitions:

"Beyond The Streets" Brooklyn, New York, NY.

"Fatherhood" Over the Influence Los Angeles, CA.

"Summer of '82" Curated by Dan Cameron Johannes Vogt NYC.

"Beyond The Streets" Brooklyn, NYC

"Fatherhood" Over the Influence Los Angeles, CA.

"Summer of '82" Curated by Dan Cameron Johannes Vogt NYC.

"Yesterday's Tomorrowland Today a Xerox Show " Curated by Ann Magnuson Winslow Garage Los Angeles, CA.

"Happy" NSU Art Museum FL. 10/19 - 7/20

"L.A. on Fire" Curated by Michael Slenske Wilding Cran Gallery Los Angeles, CA.

Special Projects:

Mural at The Bluffs Playa Vista, Ca.

Mural at the City Club Minneapolis, MN.

Kenny Scharf : "Super Pop Universe" Lotte Museum of Art Seoul Korea

Kenny Scharf : "Inner and Outer Space" Leila Heller Gallery Dubai

Kenny Scharf : "Scharftopia" The Far Out World of Kenny Scharf Gustavus College, MN.

Kenny Scharf : "Kenny Scharf" David Klien Gallery Detroit , MI.

Kenny Scharf : "Paradis Perdu" Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris

Group Exhibitions:

"Paper Trail"Allouche Gallery NY NY

" Polarities"Totah NY NY

" Auto didactic the Juxtapose School" Petersen Automotive Museum LA. CA.

"Warhol & Friends New York in the 80's" Palazzo Albergati Italy

"Dancing Goddesses" Dio Horia Gallery Panahra Square , Mykonos Greece.

"Under One Roof": Urban Nation Museum for Urban Contemporary Art, Berlin

Donald Baechler, Ross Bleckner, Enoc Perez & Kenny Scharf Inaugural Show Alloche Benais Athens

"Beyond The Streets" Curated by Roger Gastman Los Angeles, CA.

"Stand Still: A Still Life Show" Allouche Gallery NY NY

Special Projects:

"La Villa UGC" Cannes Mural

"Peanuts Murals" World Wide

Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit Mural

Denmark - Freetown Christiania Mural

Kenny Scharf : "Blox and Bax" Honor Fraser Gallery Los Angeles CA.

Kenny Scharf : "Inner and Outer Space" Jeffrey Deitch New York NY.

Group Exhibitions:

"Bombay Beach Biennale" Curated by Lily Johnson White Salton Sea, CA .

"Animal Farm" Curated by Sadie Laska Brant Foundation Greenwich , CT.

"Fast Forward" Painting from the 1980's. Whitney Museum of American Art NY NY.

"Club 57" Films, Performance and Art in the East Village 1978-1983 The Museum of Modern Art NYC .

Special Projects:

Frieze Fair New York : Spotlight Kenny Scharf NYC .

International Church of Cannabis Denver CO .

Kenny Scharf : " Kenny Scharf " Nassau County Museum of Art Roslyn Harbor, NY .

Group Exhibitions:

"Around the World in 86 Days" Ludwig Forum Aachen , Aachen Germany

"A Selection of Works of the 80's" Vito Schnabel Gallery St. Moritz

"Cosmic Connections" David Totah Gallery, NYC

"Piston Head 2 Artist Engage the Automobile" Venus Over Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA .

"Masters: Urban & Street Art" Galerie Laurent Strouk Paris

"The Neon Wilderness Voices from Los Angeles" The Conversation Berlin

"Muse" Galerie Hideout, Paris

"AftermodernisM" Neumann Wolfson Art, Watermilll NY.

"DESIRE" Curated by Diana Widmaier Picasso Gagosian & Deitch Art Basel Miami Beach, FL .

Special Projects:

Hammer Projects Lobby Mural Hammer Museum Los Angeles, CA.

Kenny Scharf : "Born Again" Honor Fraser Gallery Los Angeles, CA.

Kenny Scharf : "SCHOW" Frederic Snitzer Gallery Miami, FL.

Group Exhibitions:

"She Sells Seashells by the Seashore" Eric Firestone Gallery East Hampton, NY.

Special Projects:

Installation The Rose Bar Gramercy Park Hotel, New York, NY.

Cosmic Cavern # 33 Portland Art Museum Portland, OR.

Hammer Projects Lobby Mural Hammer Museum Los Angeles, CA.

"MALAGA" Permanent Mural Spain

Kenny Scharf : "Pace Face" By Pace Prints NYC

Kenny Scharf : "Kenny Scharf " Colette, Paris

Group Exhibitions:

"Urban Theater" : New York Art in the 1980's The Modern Art Museum of Ft.Worth, TX.

"Fun and Games" : Montalvo Art Center Saratoga, CA.

"Saying Yes to Everything" : Honor Fraser Gallery Curated by Corrina Peipon Los Angeles, CA.

"LOISADA" : NY's Lower East Side in the 80's Addison Gallery Andover, MA.

"Appropriate Disruption" : Jacob Lewis Gallery NYC

Special Projects:

"COSMIGOGO" Textile design for Louis Vuitton

Kenny Scharf : "Kolors" Paul Kasmin Gallery, NY. NY.

Kenny Scharf : "Amerikulture" Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY.

Kenny Scharf : "Pop Renaissance" Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

Group Exhibitions:

"AREA THE EXHIBITION " Curated by Jeffrey Deitch, Serge Becker, Eric Goode, Jennifer Goode & Glenn O'Brien . The Hole NYC.

"Artist Engage The Automobile" Pistonhead - Art Basel Miami Beach, Fl.

"Calligraffiti" Leila Heller Gallery NY. NY.

"Futures Project" Center for the Living Arts Mobile, Al.

"Contemporary Magic" Tarot Deck Art Project The Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, Fl.

"Virginia MOCA" Virginia Beach, VA.

Special Projects:

"Tonywood" The Wynwood Walls Memorial Garden, Miami, FL.

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Whitewall Suite 5000 NY, NY.

"Back To Supersonica" Spray Painted 1960's Lockeed Jetstar. Pima Air Museum, AZ.

Installation of "Squirtz" and " Red Scary Guy " at the Standard Hotel The Highline NY.

"MOBLOBZ" Monumental Mural on the Historic Center for the Living Arts Mobile, Al.

Mural installation Kings County Children's Hospital Brooklyn, NY.

Mural: Davis Bros . Tires Los Angeles, CA.

Kenny Scharf : "Hodgepodge" The Honor Fraser Gallery Los Angeles, CA.
Group Exhibitions:

"Thank You Andy Warhol" Benrimon Contemporary, NY. NY.

"Times Square Show Revisited" Leubsdorf Gallery Hunter College NY. NY.

"Portrait of a Generation" The Hole Gallery NY. NY.

"All For You" Eric Firestone Gallery East Hampton, NY.

Special Projects:

"Kiehl's" for Children's Charity

"Jello Bacchanalia" Art Rio, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

"Chunk Pack" Cedars Sinai Children's Wing , Los Angeles, CA.

Scharf Mural : Salem, MA .

Wynwood Walls , Miami, FL .

Mural: Careyes , Mexico.

"Naturafutura" Paul Kasmin Gallery NY. NY.

Group Exhibitions:

"The Artist Museum" MOCA Los Angeles, CA.

"Art In The Streets" MOCA Los Angeles, CA.

"New York Minute" Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow.

"Facemaker" Curated by Kathy Grayson Royal-T, Culver City, CA.

"Unfinished Paintings" Contemporary Exhibitions Los Angeles , CA.

"Nose Job" Eric Firestone Gallery East Hampton, NY.

"East Village West" Royal T Lounge Los Angeles, CA.

"From Here to Eternity" Curated by Kenton Parker Scion Installation Space, Culver City, CA.

Special Projects:

"East Village West" Curated with Ann Magnuson, Royal T Lounge Los Angeles, CA.

Miami Marlins Arena Mural Miami, FL.

WeHo Walls: MOCA Public Library Mural West Hollywood, CA.

Arts Big Picture Project Philadelphia, PA.

Brooklyn Children's Hospital Mural Brooklyn, NY.

"Pause" Cosmopolitan Hotel Las Vegas, NV.

"Art Shack" Laguna Art Museum Laguna Beach, CA.

"Mutant Pop" Loyal Gallery Malmo, Sweden

Special Projects:
"Bowery Wall" Mural NYC

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Kenny Scharf "Barberadise" Honor Fraser Gallery Los Angeles, CA.

"Wynwood Walls" Outdoor Mural Project produced by Deitch Projects Art Basel Miami, FL.

"Primary Flight" Site - specific Street Level Mural, Art Basel Miami, FL.

"Loveable Like Orphan Kitties and Bastard Children" Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

"Just What Are They Saying" Jonathan Ferrara Gallery New Orleans, LA.

"Nude Show" Paul Kasmin Gallery New York, NY.

Special Projects:

"Stages Touring Exhibit" Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France.

Custom bike designed for "Lance Armstrong" ridden in the Tour de France

Kenny Scharf: "Superdeluxa" Waddington Gallery, London, UK.

Kenny Scharf : "80's Back" Seomi & Tuus, Seoul, Korea.

"Four Friends" Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York, NY.

"Totally Rad" Paul Kasmin Gallery New York, NY.

"American Standard" Design District Miami Beach, FL.

"Juxtapose School" Laguna Art Museum Laguna Beach CA.

"Zero Carat" Jewelry Friedman Benda Gallery New York, NY.

Kenny Scharf: "NEW!" Paul Kasmin Gallery New York, NY.

"Four Friends" Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York, NY.

"Art Parade" King of Parade Jeffrey Deitch New York, NY.

"Big Secret Cache" Angstrom Gallery Los Angeles, CA.

Kenny Scharf "Astro Cumulo Nibus Uber Express" Raleigh Hotel Art Basel Miami Beach, FL.

"Surrealism Then and Now" Paul Kasmin Gallery New York, NY.

"Juxtapose Anniversary" Copro Nason Culver City, CA.

Kenny Scharf: "Superpop" Paul Kasmin Gallery New York, NY.

Kenny Scharf: "Outer Limits" Patrick Painter Gallery Santa Monica, CA.

Enjoy By: Bill Farroux, Venice, CA.

Kenny Scharf: "Groovenian Drawings" Kantor Gallery Los Angeles, CA.

Kenny Scharf: "Schablobz" Kenny Schachter/Rove New York, NY.

Kenny Scharf: "California Grown" Pasadena Museum of California Art Los Angeles, CA.

Kenny Scharf: "Face Value" Kevin Bruk Gallery Miami Beach, FL.

"East Village USA" New Museum of Contemporary Art New York, NY.

"Beginning Here: 101 Ways" Visual Arts Gallery New York, NY.

"100 Artists See Satan" Grand Central Art Center Santa Ana, CA.

Special Events:

Americans for the Arts Awards Installation, Cipriani's New York, NY.

Kenny Scharf: "Nightlight" Patrick Painter Gallery Santa Monica, CA.

Kenny Scharf: "Paintings 1990-1997" Cotthem Gallery Brussels, Belgium.

"Quest" Vincent Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam The Netherlands

"Splat, Boom, Pow" Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, TX.

"Portraits" Heidi Lee Fine Art New York, NY.

"Faces and Figures" The Art Museum at Florida International University Miami, FL.

"Beauty Stripped Bare / LA Black & White" BGH Gallery Santa Monica, CA.

Kenny Scharf: "Muted" Chac Mool Gallery Los Angeles, CA.

"Made in the USA 1970-2000" Ludwig Galerie Oberhausen, Germany

"Pulcherrimae Strade" Installation Pordenone Italy.

"Juxtapose Anniversary Show" Track 16 Gallery Santa Monica, CA.

Special Events:

"The Groovenians" Animated Special aired on Cartoon Network

Kenny Scharf: "Car Nation" UC Fullerton Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA.

Kenny Scharf: "Portraits" Tony Schafrazi Gallery New York, NY.

Kenny Scharf: "Hollywood Stars" Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions Los Angeles, CA.

"Seeing" Interactive Exhibition LACMA LAB Los Angeles, CA.

"Animations" P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center Long Island City, NY.

Special Projects:

Permanent Installation of Four, 30′ totems "Tikitotemoniki" Pearl Arts District Portland, OR.

Kenny Scharf : Gagosian Gallery Beverly Hills, CA.

Kenny Scharf : "Small Paintings & Bronzes" Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY.

Kenny Scharf : "Closet # 18" permanent exhibit Young at Art Children's Museum, Davie, FL.

"Heads, Small Paintings and Closet # 16" Galerie Hans Mayer Berlin, Germany.

Kenny Scharf : "New Sculpture" PICA-Portland Institute for Contemporary Art Portland, OR.

"Heads and Small Paintings" Galerie Hans Mayer Dusseldorf, Germany.

"Kenny Scharf" Galerie Ramis Barquet Monterrey, Mexico

"Kenny Scharf" McIntosh Gallery Atlanta, GA.

"Kenny Scharf" Kantor Gallery Los Angeles, CA.

"Kenny Scharf" Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York, NY.

Special Projects:

MOCA Mural Project San Diego, CA

"Ultrazoomazipamapopdeluxa" lobby entrance

Designs line of Manikins for Pucci International

Kenny Scharf : "Pop Surrealist" Salvador Dali Museum St. Petersburg, FL.

Kenny Scharf : "When Worlds Collide" curated by Barry

Blinderman, University Galleries Illinois State IL.

Kenny Scharf : "Kenny Scharf" Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York, NY.

Kenny Scharf : "Ultraelektrik" Paintings, Sculpture & Customized

Appliances, Sony Building New York, NY.

In Your Face Haring, Basquiat & Scharf Leo Malca Fine Art, New York.

Art and Provocation : Images from Rebels Boulder Museum of

Contemporary Art Boulder, Co.

Kenny Scharf : New Work Tony Shafrazi Gallery NY.

Kenny Scharf : El Mundo de Kenny Scharf Museo de Art Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Mexico.

Kenny Scharf : Heads Center for the Fine Arts, Miami.

Kenny Scharf : Galerie 56 Budapest, Hungary.

Group Exhibitions:

New Figuration Tucson Museum of Art Tucson, Az.

Hot Off the Press: New Editions Pace Prints, NY

Kenny Scharf : Early Paintings 1975-78 Yoshi Gallery NY. NY.

Kenny Scharf : Galerie Cotthem-Hedwig Van Impe, Knokke Belgium

Kenny Scharf : Tony Shafrazi Gallery NY. NY.

Kenny Scharf : Scharf-O-Rama 1978-1995 Museum of Art, Ft.Lauderdale Fl.

Group Exhibitions:

Altered and Irrational: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum, NY.

Art, Design and Barbie Liberty Street Gallery, NY.

Recent Acquisitions Bass Museum of Art, Miami Fl.

Art + Architecture,MIAMI, Center for Contemporary Art , Miami.

A New York Time:Selected Drawings from the Eighties Bruce Museum , Greenwich, CT.

Kenny Scharf : Wildlife Tony Shafrazi Gallery NY. NY.

Kenny Scharf : Works on Paper , Galerie Burkhard R Eikelmann, Dusseldorf.

Kenny Scharf : Closet #11, Cafe Click, Dusseldorf

Kenny Scharf : Closet # 10 World Gallery Miami, Fl.

Group Exhibitions:

About Nature Cleveland Center for Contemporary Artr, Cleveland, OH.

Art and Environment National Arts Club, NYC.

Extravagant: The Economy of Elegance Tony Shafrazi Gallery NY, Russisches

Kulturzentrum, Berlin.

1982-83: Ten Years After Tony Shafrazi Gallery, NY.

Kenny Scharf : Edward Totah Gallery

Kenny Scharf : Galeria Rocca 6, Torino, Italy.

Kenny Scharf : Galeria Seno, Milan.

Group Exhibitions:

1492 Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey, Mexico.

Variations Gitanes Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris.

Objets Trouves Galerie de Jour, Agnes B. Paris.

Balade de l'Amour Halle de l'Uniondes arts Decoratifs, Palais de Louvre, Paris.

Kenny Scharf : Tony Shafrazi Gallery NY.

Kenny Scharf : Studio Trisorio, Naples, Italy.

Kenny Scharf : AC&T Corporation, Tokyo.

Kenny Scharf : Galerie Hans Mayer, Dusseldorf

Kenny Scharf : Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo

Group Exhibitions:

American Art of the '80's Palazzo delle Albere, Trento, Italy.

Closet #9 Queens Museum of Art, Flushing NY.

Just What is it That Makes Todays Home So Different,So Appealing Hyde Collection, NY.

The 1980's: A Selected View from the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum, NY.

Kenny Scharf : Galerie Beaubourg, Paris.

Group Exhibitions:

The Last Decade: American Artists of the '80's Tony Shafrazi Gallery, NY.

Kenny Scharf : Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles.

Group Exhibitions:

Don't Bungle the Jungle Tony Shafrazi Gallery, NY.

The Studio American Collection Witkacy Theater , Zakopane Poland

Kenny Scharf : Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo.

Group Exhibitions:

Figure a Subject: Revival of Figuration Since 1975 Whitney Museum, NY.

The Weisman Collection California State University, Fullerton Ca. (Traveling Show)

Kenny Scharf : Tony Shafrazi Gallery, NY.

Group Exhibitions:

Comic Iconoclasm Institute of Contemporary Art, London.

Kenny Scharf : Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo.

Group Exhibitions:

An American Renaissance: Painting and Sculpture from 1940 to Present

Museum of Art, Ft.Lauderdale.

Homage to Nicolas A. Moufarrage Gabrielle Bryers Gallery, NY.

Picture From the Inner Mind The PalladiumNY,Solway Gallery

Cincinnati , Cohn Gallery Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Kenny Scharf : Tony Shafrazi Gallery, NY.

Kenny Scharf : Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich.

Group Exhibitions:

Biennial 1984 Whitney Museum of Contemporary Art, NY.

Drawings Leo Castelli Graphics, NY

Eight Artists/Eight Years/SVA School of Visual Arts, NY.

East Village Artists Holly Solomon Gallery NY.

Investigations Institute of Contemporary Art ,University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia.

Sights For Small Eyes Heckscher Museum, Long Island, NY.

Vernacular Abstraction, Wacoal Art Center, Tokyo.

Art in Action Sogetsu Museum ,Tokyo.

Out of the Ooo Cloud Edith C Blum Art Institute,Bard College Annandale on Hudson NY.

Kenny Scharf : Tony Shafrazi Gallery, NY.

Kenny Scharf : Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles.

Group Exhibitions:

Via New York Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal

The Innovative Landscape Holly Solomon Gallery, NY.

New Hand-Painted Dreams: Contemporary Surrealism Barbara Gladstone Gallery, NY.

Arte di Frontiera Galerie d'Arte Moderna Bologna, Italy

Aperto 84 Venice Bienale Venice , Italy.

The Human Condition Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco.

Contemporary Perspectives 1984 Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

New Idioms Robert Fraser Gallery, London.

New Attitudes: Paris/New York Pittsburg Center for the Arts

Kenny Scharf : Tony Shafrazi Gallery, NY.

Kenny Scharf : American Graffiti Gallery, Amsterdam.

Group Exhibitions:

Champions Tony Shafrazi Gallery NY, Fay Gold Gallery Atlanta

Surrealist Show Robert Miller Gallery NY.

Morton G. Neuman Family Collection Kalamazoo Institute of Art,

Kalamazoo, Michigan.

The Comic Art Show Whitney Museum of American Art NY.

Back to the U.S.A. Kuntsmuseum Luzern,Luzern Switzerland.

Tendencias en Nueva York Palacio de Cristal, Madrid.

Clocktower Open Studio Show P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, NY.

Bienalle de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

References Palais de Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium

Kenny Scharf : Fun Gallery, NY.

Group Exhibitions:

Installation Project Room P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY.

Kenny Scharf : National Studio Artists P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center

Kenny Scharf : Customized Appliances Club 57, NY.

Kenny Scharf : The Jetsons Fun Gallery, NY.

Group Exhibitions:

Open Studio Show P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY.

The Times Square Show Times Square , New York City

New York, New Wave P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City

Drawing Show Mudd Club, NY.

Beyond Words Mudd Club , NY.

Kenny Scharf : Celebration of the Space Age Club 57, NY.

EXHIBITION CATALOGS

Kenny Scharf : Born Again Honor Fraser Gallery Los Angeles 2015
Kenny Scharf : Kolors Paul Kasmin Gallery New York 2013
Kenny Scharf : Hodgepodge Honor Fraser Gallery Los Angeles 2012
Kenny Scharf : NEW! New Paintings and Carzy Roy Al Paul Kasmin Gallery New York 2007
Kenny Scharf : Superpop. Paul Kasmin Gallery New York 2005
Kenny Scharf : Groovenian Drawings. Foreward by Robert Williams Kantor Gallery Los Angeles 2004
Made in the USA, 1970-2001 Keith Haring, Robert Longo, Kenny Scharf, Bill Beckley Oberhausen Ger. Ludwig Galerie
The Universals. Pucci International New York 1998
Kenny Scharf : Essay by Carter Radcliff and Robert Farris Thompson Interview by Dennis Hopper
Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York 1998
Kenny Scharf : Essay by Barry Blinderman, Gregory Bowen, Bill McBride, Ann Magnuson and Robert Farris Thompson,
Normal Illinois University Galleries 1998
In Your Face : Malca Fine Art New York 1997
Kenny Scharf : Pop Surrealist Salvador Dali Museum St. Petersburgh Florida 1997
Pop Art. By Jan de James. London. Phaidon 1996
El Mundo de Kenny Scharf: Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey Monterrey Mexico 1996
Kenny Scharf : Essay by Louis Grachos. Center for the Fine Arts Miami 1996
Kenny Scharf : Essays by Brooke Adams, Laurence Parmer Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale Florida 1995
Kenny Scharf : Essay by Brooke Adams, Edward Totah Gallery London 1992
Kenny Scharf : Galerie Beauborg Paris 1990
The Last Decade : American Artists of the 80's. Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York 1990
Phamakon 90 Mukuhari Messe Contemporary Art Exhibition Tokyo 1990
Kenny Scharf : Jungle Book Kyoto Shoin International Company Art Random Kyoto 1989
Kenny Scharf : Three Portfolios AC & T Corp. Tokyo 1989
An American Renaissance: Painting and Sculpture from 1940 to the Present
Fort Lauderdale Florida Museum of Art 1986
Vernacular Abstraction Wacoal Art Center Tokyo 1985
Figuration Libre: France - USA. Paris: Musee d' art Moderne de la Ville de Paris 1984
New Attitudes : Paris / New York. Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 1984
Via New York. Montreal : Musee d 'Art Contemporain 1984
Reference. Brussels : Palais de Beaux Arrts de Charleroi 1983
Back to the USA : Kuntsmuseum Luzern Luzern Switzerland 1983
Kenny Scharf : Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York 1983
Morton G Neuman Family Collection : Kalamazoo Institute of Art Kalamazoo Michigan 1983
Champions : Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York 1983

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

THE BASS MUSEUM OF ART, MIAMI BEACH
BRANT FOUNDATION, GREENWICH, CONN.
THE DANNHEISER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK CITY
THE BROAD FOUNDATION, LOS ANGELES
GRONIGER MUSEUM, GRONIGER, HOLLAND
THE JEWISH MUSEUM, NEW YORK CITY
LUDWIG MUSEUM, COLOGNE, GERMANY
MIAMI ART MUSEUM, MIAMI, FLORIDA
MUSEO D ARTE CONTEMPORANEO DE MONTERREY, MONTERREY MEXICO
MUSEU DE ARTE MODERNA, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, LOS ANGELES
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, SAN DIEGO
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART NEW YORK
NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, BROOKLYN, CONNECTICUT
PASADENA MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA ART
PATERSON MUSEUM, PATERSON, NEW JERSEY
PATRICK LANNAN FOUNDATION, LOS ANGELES
PEARL ARTS FOUNDATION PORTLAND, OREGON
SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
SOGETSU MUSEUM, TOKYO
STEDELIJK MUSEUM AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART NEW YORK

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Born 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. Primary residence in Los Angeles, CA. EDUCATION 1980 B.F.A. School of Visual Arts, New York, NY. OBJECTIVE My ambition as a professional artist is to maintain the course that I set 30 years ago by establishing my work in the fields of painting, sculpture, and performance.

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this wgsn article is about visual merchandising on the same trend that i am using for my range. I used this so that i could see what type of atmosphere i would want my pop up to have.

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Visual Merchandising Trend Concepts S_S 21 GameScape - WGSN Fashion

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Pop-Up Design, Pop-Up Shops - Design4Retail

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I wanted to incorperate drop culture for my range as i know that it works very well especially in the footwear and streetwear markets .
so i looked at some articles on how it works and whyit is successful

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https://www.wgsn.com/insight/article/81575

Even though this is about luxury retail but i found this interesting as it talks about pricing of products and how to succesfully drop products.

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Drop Culture Strategies for Luxury Retail - WGSN Insight

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Instagram trends Product drops or limited edition releases Instagram for Business

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This is the trend i have chosen for my range as i think it is a good fit for my customer, brand and artist.
I also think i will use the colours in this trend, as Kenny Scharfs work is already bright and colourful.

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more than half of Converse's products are white and a quater are black. i think that i would try to keep the same for my range as i want the print to be the main focus so there will be neutral bases to make it stand out.

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Converese have a large mix of footwear, however my range is not focused on footwear, so i won't be using that in my product mix, I would only have 4 because i want a new drop every week of the first month of my launch. Their mix for tops and accesories will is also very high, I dont think that I will include accessories in my range as I want it to be focused on the clothing. when i was doing my Comp shop i saw that they have quiet a few hoodies within their tops section so i will that the same for my range.

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Converse SHAPES already use recycled cotton, recycled polyester and organic cotton for their current range so I dont think that i will change that for my range. however i looked more into those types of materials.

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✪ Social media linkages.

✪ How Organic Cotton achieves the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

✪ Organic Cotton and Water Infographics.

✪ Organic Cotton Presentation (Teaching aid for children).

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Find out all you need to know about organic cotton

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Resource dedicated to spreading the word about organic cotton - to inform, inspire and equip with credible and up-to-date information on organic cotton.

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Recycled cotton prevents additional textile waste and requires far fewer resources than conventional or organic cotton. This makes it a great sustainable option. Cotton can be recycled using old garments or textile leftovers. The quality of the cotton may be lower than of new cotton. Recycled cotton is therefore usually blended with new cotton.

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Recycled polyester, often called rPet, is made from recycled plastic bottles. It is a great way to divert plastic from our landfills. The production of recycled polyester requires far fewer resources than that of new fibers and generates fewer CO2 emissions.

There are 2 ways to recycle polyester: For mechanical recycling, plastic is melted to make new yarn. This process can only be done a few times before the fiber loses its quality. Chemical recycling involves breaking down the plastic molecules and reforming them into yarn. This process maintains the quality of the original fiber and allows the material to be recycled infinitely, but it is more expensive.

Recycled polyester is definitely a sustainable option for our wardrobe. However, we need to be aware that it is still non-biodegradable and takes years to disappear once thrown away.

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Recycled polyester, often called rPet, is made from recycled plastic bottles. It is a great way to divert plastic from our landfills. The production of recycled polyester requires far fewer resources than that of new fibers and generates fewer CO2 emissions. There are 2 ways to recycle polyester: For mechanical recycling, plastic is melted to make new yarn.

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i used this report to help with my brand summary. i was surprised to learn that Converse still made $190 million USD in 2020 despite the Covid-19 pandemic

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The converse careers website has helpedme understand the brand more, and where they have come from.

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We're the newest thing you've known all along. What's the secret to keeping a century-old brand fresh? Our mission. Converse is empowering today's daring spirit of youth by celebrating freedom of expression through individuals and their movement(s). Today, youth demand more. We constantly evolve to think and behave in new ways to ensure we continue to stand for creativity, rebellion and daring spirit for the next 100 years.

Since 2003, we have been part of Nike, Inc. Our shoes have gained added support, stability, and technology-and our workforce has too. Joining Converse today offers you global reach, personal impact and all the benefits of being owned by Nike, while working within a nimble and independent environment.

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We constantly evolve to think and behave in new ways to ensure we continue to stand for creativity, rebellion and daring spirit for the next 100 years.

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Information on target audience
Established suburbs- older families, 54% shop online for convience. Income a bit above average.​​

Student life- use the internet for most things and couldn't live without thier phones. They have an income of about £34k a year and their disposable income is about 17% to 25%.

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This WGSN article is about some up and coming youth tribes. I found this very interesting as I learnt about tribes that i had never heard of before.
I used this to get a more idepth knowledge of who I want my range to be for.

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I used this to help understand what type of customer I want my range to be focused towards, and those who are activists and creatives are perfect for my range.

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This aritcle on Drapers is about how Gen Z shop. it talks about how often they shop ( 93% buy clothing every month and half of them buy clothing and accessories that often aswell). This article has helped me understand my customer more and their shopping habits.

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Comment How are Gen Z shopping for fashion 

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I went to Selfridges on Oxford Street and found out that Dior has launched a range with Kenny Scharf. This would be a threat to my range as people might have bought into Diors range and not want something simular from another brand. However consumers that liked the Dior range might not be able to afford it, so they might buy into my range as its a lower point.
However I did find this useful as it has helped me picture what i woulds want my pop-up to look like.

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As i couldn't fint the COO's on convese's website i decided to try and find where they manufacture. Nike have a list o fall their manufacture's.
This a list of all of Coverses garment suppliers, their biggest factories are in Vietnam, but they have the most in South America. However, as my range is primarily being launched in the UK, I decided not to source in South America as i am not familiar with it and sourcing from South America is a lot more difficult compared to Asia ansd Europe, so i will focus on more Asia and Europe an

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this article is about Converse's gender neutral range, which is who I have decided to create a range for. i used this article to understand their collection a bit more.

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What if apparel was built agnostic of gender? What if its goal was to accommodate our innumerable body shapes?

These were the questions that predicated Converse's latest, genderless apparel collection, SHAPES.

The company, committed to intelligent design, reimagines the Chuck Taylor's position as an inclusive and unisex shoe through apparel, reflecting the needs of consumers today.

As the first of three collections to debut in 2020, Converse SHAPES is a new type of apparel essential. The collection is not designed for gender, but instead for body shape, created from the belief that size is a reference point, not an identity.

"When starting design from a non-traditional place, there are endless opportunities to reimagine everything from construction to sizing to materials," says Jonathan Tappan, VP, Global Apparel at Converse. "SHAPES is the perfect example of how to meet the consumer in their element. By bringing functionality, inclusivity and comfort to everyday clothes, we believe we can really change the game."

Made from 50 percent recycled cotton and 50 percent virgin cotton, SHAPES features a set of five core pieces, offered in only four sizes globally (traditionally, there are 14 common sizes across men and women's lines).

Converse will also launch Utility Fleece and Court Ready, collections geared toward the Skate and Basketball communities. Along with SHAPES, Utility Fleece and Court Ready look to enable individual expression through silhouettes that fuel movement.

SHAPES will launch in summer 2020, followed by Utility Fleece in fall and Court Ready in early 2021.

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SHAPES is Converse's First Genderless Apparel Collection

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What if apparel was built agnostic of gender? What if its goal was to accommodate our innumerable body shapes? These were the questions that predicated Converse's latest, genderless apparel collection, SHAPES. The company, committed to intelligent design, reimagines the Chuck Taylor's position as an inclusive and unisex shoe through apparel, reflecting the needs of consumers today.