THINGS WE LOVE: KENZO MINAMI’S NEW WEBSITE

Grandlife LOCAL and artist du jour, Kenzo Minami has launched his new website.

Featuring an amazing back-catalogue, which also includes his range of graphic garments, the site shows a brilliant cross-section of Minami’s diverse talent.

An example of this, Kenzo Minami was featured in “I am What I am” ad campaign by Reebok among Jay-Z, 50 cent, Lucy Liu, Christina Ricci, Allen Iverson, Yao Ming, Basquiat, and others in 2005 / 2006. He was one of the selected few artists for its “Artist Series” and his campaign was run together with Basquiat.

He also released his own model of Reebok Pump Fury, limited of 500 pairs worldwide, released also together with Basquiat model in Fall of 2005.

He was one of 4 artists chosen for the show FAMOUS CARS + FAMOUS PEOPLE, along with Andy Warhol, Robert Longo and David Hockney, hosted by Chloë Sevigny in 2007. The show was by Mercedes-Benz and to celebrate notable people from the past through the present day. He was chosen to represent the present day.