Kaws and Kiehl’s collaborate to support and foster artistic expression. I like.

100% of net profits for Kiehl’s Limited Edition Creme de Corps Holiday Collection will support RxArt, a non-profit national organization, committed to fostering artistic expression and awareness through the challenging, yet rewarding task of engaging young patients through contemporary art in pediatric hospitals.

About KAWS

Brian Donnelly, professionally known as KAWS, began his artistic career as a graffiti artist in the early 1990s, and since then has built an identity that had its genesis in guerilla imagery added to billboards and bus shelters. Through his company OriginalFake, he has released limited edition works. In addition to Kiehl’s, he has collaborated on design projects with Commes Des Garcons, Marc Jacobs, and A Bathing Ape. Recently he has worked with Kanye West to create the cover art for 808s & Heartbreak which appeared on a Times Square billboard. In 2009, his art was selected for the cover of the annual “Best of New York” issue of New York Magazine. Born 1974 in New Jersey, KAWS graduated with a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York. He is currently working on his first solo museum show at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, opening June 2010. A book titled KAWS, a survey of his work, will be published by Rizzoli in June 2010.

About RxART

RxArt, a non-profit organization, is committed to fostering artistic expression and awareness through the challenging yet rewarding task of engaging young patients through contemporary art in pediatric hospitals. By curating installations in hospital settings, RxArt provides a humanistic and creative surrounding that helps to relieve stress and anxiety, while increasing appreciation for contemporary art. Kiehl’s Since 1851 has been supporting RxART since 2002. For more information on RxART visit www.rxart.net.

(photo by moi)