KAWS

 
　　KAWS魅力席捲全球藝術界，他筆下的角色曾印在T裇上出售，畫作更在2018年佳士得紐約戰後及當代藝術晚間拍賣中以七位數字成交。
 
　　KAWS原名布賴恩·唐納利，原先以塗鴉藝術家的身份在澤西市打響名號，九十年代搬到紐約後才開始以「顛覆性廣告」手法，在路邊或公車站牌的海報塗上自己招牌的 XX 圖案，沒想到大受歡迎，品牌特別拿海報請求塗鴉，作品也開始遍佈全球。
 
　　KAWS在Instagram的人氣極高，帶有#kaws標籤的Instagram帖文超過90萬則，其作品呈現鮮明波普藝術風格。KAWS同時以玩具創作為名，1999年到訪日本因而創作首件玩具「COMPANION」，成為KAWS作品中經典的角色。2019年長121呎的充氣COMPANION在台北展出，成為當時熱門朝聖景點，是近年聲名大噪的KAWS最新作品。
 
A vibrant look at the celebrated artist and designer KAWS.
 
　　Multidisciplinary artist KAWS was first known for his work as a graffiti artist and his subersive approach to poular imagery on bus shelter and phone booth advertisements.  This is the first comprehensive survey of the artist's body of work.

Multidisciplinary artist KAWS was first known for his work as a graffiti artist and his subversive approach to popular imagery on bus shelter and phone booth advertisements. This is the first comprehensive survey of the artist’s body of work.

Mónica Ramírez-Montagut is a curator at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum.

Germano Celant is an art historian and director of Fondazione Prada in Milan.