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KAWS
American • b. 1974
Biography
KAWS (b. 1974, Jersey City, New Jersey; lives and works in Brooklyn, New York) is renowned for his prolific body of work that straddles the worlds of art and design to include paintings, murals, graphic and product design, street art, and large-scale sculptures. Over the last two decades KAWS has built a successful career with work that consistently shows his formal agility as an artist, as well as his underlying wit, irreverence, and affection for our times. His refined graphic language revitalizes figuration with both big, bold gestures and playful intricacies.
KAWS often appropriates and draws inspiration from pop culture animations, forming a unique artistic vocabulary across mediums. Admired for his larger-than-life sculptures and hardedge paintings that emphasize line and color, KAWS’s cast of hybrid cartoon characters are the strongest examples of his exploration of humanity. As seen in his collaborations with global brands, the artist’s imagery possesses a sophisticated humor and reveals a thoughtful interplay with consumer products. With their broad appeal, KAWS’s artworks are highly sought-after by collectors inside and outside of the art world, establishing him as a uniquely prominent artist and influence in today’s culture.
Insights
KAWS has exhibited extensively in renowned institutions including solo exhibitions at— The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia (2019); Fire Station, Qatar Museums, Doha, Qatar (2019); Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Michigan (2019), Contemporary Art Museum of St. Louis, Missouri (2017); Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas (2016) which traveled to the Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China (2017); Yorkshire Sculpture Park and Longside Gallery, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom (2016); Brooklyn Museum, New York (2015); Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Málaga, Spain (2014); Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, Kansas (2013); Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia (2013); High Art Museum, Atlanta, Georgia (2011); and Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut (2011). He will be the subject of a major survey exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum in the spring of 2021.
"I just want to make something good and not worry about how it's labeled."
Recent KAWS headlines, Powered by Articker
9 April 2021 | Artnet
The Art Angle Podcast: KAWS Is the World’s Most Popular Artist. Why?9 April 2021 | The Art Newspaper
The Big Review: Kaws at the Brooklyn Museum1 April 2021 | Hyperallergic
Brooklyn Museum’s KAWS Exhibition Named #1 Site for Bad Tinder Dates in NYC24 March 2021 | Artlyst
Kaws: Reinventing Appropriation Brooklyn Museum – Raphy Sarkissian24 March 2021 | Mark Moore Fine Art Blog
“LOL!” : featuring Okay Mountain, Claes Oldenburg, Tony Oursler Sandy Skoglund, William Wegman, Grupo Mondong, Campana Brothers, KAWS, and Yoshitomo Nara at the Museum of Fine Art Houston
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KAWS
UNTITLED
Estimate HK$250,000 - 450,000
Sold for HK$403,200
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KAWS
YOU SHOULD KNOW I KNOW
Estimate HK$80,000 - 120,000
Sold for HK$151,200
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KAWS
STAY STEADY
Estimate HK$100,000 - 150,000
Sold for HK$176,400
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KAWS
Two works: (i) BLITZ (Green); (ii) BLITZ (Blue)
Estimate £800 - 1,200
Sold for £1,512
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KAWS
THE TWINS (PINK)
Estimate £1,800 - 2,500
Sold for £2,772
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KAWS
COMPANIONSHIP IN THE AGE OF LONELINESS
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500
Sold for £4,410
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KAWS
Three works: (i)LOST TIME, ALONE AGAIN, FAR FAR DOWN; (ii)LOST TIME, ALONE AGAIN, FAR FAR DOWN; (iii) LOST TIME, ALONE AGAIN, FAR FAR DOWN
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
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KAWS
TENSION
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £44,100
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KAWS
THE NEWS
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £56,700
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KAWS
Three works: (i) SPONGEBOB; (ii) SPONGEBOB; (iii) SPONGEBOB
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
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KAWS
Three works: (i) SMALL LIE (Brown); (ii) SMALL LIE (Black); (iii) SMALL LIE (Grey)
Estimate £800 - 1,200
Sold for £882
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KAWS
UNTITLED (CHUM), PACKAGE PAINTING SERIES (SM18)
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £69,300
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KAWS
UNTITLED
Estimate HK$1,500,000 - 2,500,000
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KAWS
UNTITLED (MBFS4)
Estimate HK$1,800,000 - 2,500,000
Sold for HK$2,520,000
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KAWS
UNTITLED
Estimate HK$480,000 - 680,000
Sold for HK$693,000
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KAWS
UNTITLED (ORIGINAL FAKE SERIES)
Estimate HK$350,000 - 450,000
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KAWS
Ten works: NO REPLY
Estimate HK$400,000 - 600,000
Sold for HK$567,000
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KAWS
UNTITLED
Estimate HK$3,800,000 - 5,500,000
Sold for HK$4,662,000
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KAWS
UNTITLED
Estimate HK$3,000,000 - 5,000,000
Sold for HK$4,788,000
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Three works: (i) SMALL LIE (Brown); (ii) SMALL LIE (Black); (iii) SMALL LIE (Grey)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Sold for £1,071
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KAWS
Two works: (i) CLEAN SLATE (grey); (ii) CLEAN SLATE (black)
Estimate £1,000 - 1,500
Sold for £2,142
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KAWS
NO REPLY
Estimate $60,000 - 90,000
Sold for $94,500
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KAWS
UNTITLED (MOSCHINO)
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £226,800
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