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Steven Harrington recently went big by releasing his largest sculptural edition of his signature Mello character. As a fitting contrast, the Los Angeles-based artist is sizing down through a new partnership with Medicom Toy and Japanese streetwear mainstay BAPE on a series of new BE@RBRICK's. The figurines are available in both a 400% and 1000% size, featuring Harrington's unique spin on the iconic BAPE camo pattern in three different iterations. Additional highlights include the artist's Mello and palm tree motifs spread throughout, along with his signature to complement BAPE's logo on the toy's back. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Steven Harrington (@s_harrington)For those looking to purchase, the BAPE X Steven Harrington BE@RBRICK will release this Saturday, June 17 at the ...

Kwesi Botchway is a Ghanaian painter who recreates ordinary and imaginary scenes that explore multiple vantage points of Black identity. There's More Than What the Eye Witnesses is a new solo exhibition by the artist, in which he reflects the Black gaze.Housed at Vielmetter gallery in Los Angeles, Botchway is presenting 18 oil and acrylic paintings, along with an installation of wooden frames sourced from his hometown of Accra, Ghana, where he lives and works. "In Botchway’s compositions," wrote curator Essence Harden, "the act of seeing becomes a material, geographic, and refracted meditation wherein both figure and audience are bound in a series of echoes, nearing infinity, create a serializing effect of vantage. View this post on InstagramA post shared by KWESI BOTCHWAY (@artistkwesibot...