BFF Blue Companion

IN 2016, KAWS DEBUTED A NEW CHARACTER AT THE CENTRAL EMBASSY IN BANGKOK, THAILAND. A 26-FOOT TALL, BRIGHT BLUE CREATURE CALLED BFF, LIKE KAWS’S SIGNATURE “COMPANION” FIGURES, BFF HAS CROSSED-OUT EYES, GLOVED HANDS, AND OVERSIZED EARS. THE SCULPTURES FURRY AND WOOLLY TEXTURE OF SESAME STREET’S ELMO, WAS UNPRECEDENTED FOR THE STREET ARTIST, WHOSE SCULPTURES TYPICALLY HAD A SMOOTH FINISH.