Hello Copy Kat!

Donn Zaretsky has an interesting story regarding Tom Sachs and his Hello Kitty sculptures. It seems that Sachs’ sculptures, located in front of the Lever House in midtown Manhattan, infringe the intellectual property rights of Hello Kitty’s owner, Sanrio (note their handbag series…a knockoff of Murakami and LV?). However, New York Magazine reports that so far they’re ok with this type of infringement because after all, there really is no difference between Sachs’ gesture and that of Warhol or Koons. So what’s the point right?

(Don’t go infringing this photo…Clancco owns the copyright to it!)

Anyhow, finding ourselves intrigued, we sent a Clancco intern to take a look at these Hello Kitty sculptures and shoot some images for us and for those that don’t find themselves in the Gotham City vicinity (click below for the images). Being a new intern, Ms. Valencia surprised us with her mental acuity by capturing an interesting shot of the back of one of Sachs’ Lever House sculptures, emblazoned with copyright and accreditation language. Very nice!