Property of an Important American Collector KAWS Follow Untitled 2009 signed and dated 'KAWS 09' on the reverse acrylic on canvas 182.9 x 182.9 cm. (72 x 72 in.) Painted in 2009.
Provenance Galerie Perrotin, Paris Private Collection Phillips, New York, 6 March 2014, Lot 3 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner Catalogue Essay KAWS reimagines one of the most absorbing personalities in contemporary culture to create Untitled featuring KAWSBOB. Rendered exclusively in enthralling matte red tones, Untitled exemplifies the artist’s position within the historical continuum that began with Pop Art, straddling the line between fine art and commerce. Stripped of his typically cheery yellow hue, the indefatigable character who is known for his hyperactivity, eagerness to please and dogged optimism becomes the subject of archetypical KAWS interventions to reflect the artist’s signature crossed-out eyes and abstraction. Though KAWSBOB retains the highly expressive bulging eyes, protruding nose and two buck teeth indexical to the adored cartoon character, the portrait is zoomed in, bluntly cropped and strangely removed from the undersea context of the popular children’s television series. Having grown from the culture of downtown Manhattan in the 1990s, KAWS’s cartoonish style is rooted in the artist’s early career who would mediate public advertisements with his own seamlessly brushstroke-free additions. These interventionist artworks were so skilfully executed that it was difficult to distinguish the artist’s work from the original advertisement, a perfectionist mentality still evident in KAWS’s work today. In response to conventional distinctions between high versus low art, KAWS explains, “to me they involve the same thought process, so it’s funny that when I work big in bronze, it’s called a sculpture, but something I do that’s small and plastic is called a toy.” (KAWS(quoted in Carlo McCormick, "From the Streets to TV to Fine Art Galleries, KAWS Is Everywhere," Paper , November 4, 2013) Though his current work channels the bright colours, commercialist attitudes, and refined graphic languages of Pop Artists Claes Oldenburg Tom Wesselmann and more recently, Takashi Murakami KAWS has married the legacy of Pop Art with his own legendary re-appropriation of contemporary culture icons, an aesthetic that has amassed widespread appeal from viewers worldwide. Read More Catalogue Essay KAWS在《無題》作品中，重新詮釋當代文化裡全球為之風靡、眾所皆知的卡通人物。KAWS選擇了以不帶光澤的紅色來當作為這幅畫的單一主色調。以美術史的角度來看，不難看出KAWS承襲了普普藝術的風格，從容遊走在純藝術及商業之間。這個卡通人物總是活力十足，愛取悅人又擁有著無可救藥的正面思考，KAWS在此完全以紅色取代了他讓人熟知的一身黃色，並畫上了藝術家一貫的風格：眼睛被加上了十字型的X符號以及被抽象化的整體形象。雖然我們能仍從大大凸凸的眼睛、翹翹的鼻子還有兩顆大暴牙認出他，但藝術家不僅將他的臉部放大又只擷取局部，然而也將節目中大家熟悉的海底的場景給抽離了。 KAWS在上世紀90年代曼哈頓下城風行的文化下成長，他帶著卡通風格的作品，與他早期生涯有極大的關聯，他當時就常常將自己特有的符號天衣無縫地畫在公眾場所的廣告上。他的手法純熟，以至於往往讓人無法辨識他所畫上去的是否是廣告原作的一部分。他這樣力求完美的精神，至今不滅。對於傳統眼光來界定高級藝術和低級藝術的區分，KAWS曾這樣回應：「對我來說，兩者之間的創造過程是相同的，我發現這很有趣，當我用了銅材質來作件大作品，就會被稱作是雕塑，但我若用了塑膠來作件小作品，就會被稱作玩具。」(引自於KAWS在卡羅‧麥康米克所著《從街頭到電視到純藝術畫廊，KAWS無所不在》Paper雜誌，2013年11月4日刊載)。儘管KAWS的作品帶著明亮的色彩、商業取向的態度，以及像是普普藝術前輩克雷斯‧歐登堡、湯姆‧衛索曼或當代的村上隆，他仍在承襲普普藝術的同時，以其獨特重新去詮釋解構 當代文化符號的風格美學，席捲全球的矚目。 Read More Artist Bio KAWS American • 1974 Follow To understand the work of KAWS is to understand his roots in the skateboard and graffiti crews of New York City. Brian Donnelly chose KAWS as his moniker to tag city streets beginning in the 1990s, and quickly became a celebrated standout in the scene. Having swapped spray paint for explorations in fine art spanning sculpture, painting and collage, KAWS has maintained a fascination with classic cartoons, including Garfield , SpongeBob SquarePants and The Simpsons , and reconfigured familiar subjects into a world of fantasy. Perhaps he is most known for his larger-than-life fiberglass sculptures that supplant the body of Mickey Mouse onto KAWS' own imagined creatures, often with 'x'-ed out eyes or ultra-animated features. However, KAWS also works frequently in neon and vivid paint, adding animation and depth to contemporary paintings filled with approachable imagination. There is mass appeal to KAWS,,who exhibits globally and most frequently in Asia, Europe and the United States. View More Works
Property of an Important American Collector KAWS Follow Untitled 2009 signed and dated 'KAWS 09' on the reverse acrylic on canvas 182.9 x 182.9 cm. (72 x 72 in.) Painted in 2009.
Provenance Galerie Perrotin, Paris Private Collection Phillips, New York, 6 March 2014, Lot 3 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner Catalogue Essay KAWS reimagines one of the most absorbing personalities in contemporary culture to create Untitled featuring KAWSBOB. Rendered exclusively in enthralling matte red tones, Untitled exemplifies the artist’s position within the historical continuum that began with Pop Art, straddling the line between fine art and commerce. Stripped of his typically cheery yellow hue, the indefatigable character who is known for his hyperactivity, eagerness to please and dogged optimism becomes the subject of archetypical KAWS interventions to reflect the artist’s signature crossed-out eyes and abstraction. Though KAWSBOB retains the highly expressive bulging eyes, protruding nose and two buck teeth indexical to the adored cartoon character, the portrait is zoomed in, bluntly cropped and strangely removed from the undersea context of the popular children’s television series. Having grown from the culture of downtown Manhattan in the 1990s, KAWS’s cartoonish style is rooted in the artist’s early career who would mediate public advertisements with his own seamlessly brushstroke-free additions. These interventionist artworks were so skilfully executed that it was difficult to distinguish the artist’s work from the original advertisement, a perfectionist mentality still evident in KAWS’s work today. In response to conventional distinctions between high versus low art, KAWS explains, “to me they involve the same thought process, so it’s funny that when I work big in bronze, it’s called a sculpture, but something I do that’s small and plastic is called a toy.” (KAWS(quoted in Carlo McCormick, "From the Streets to TV to Fine Art Galleries, KAWS Is Everywhere," Paper , November 4, 2013) Though his current work channels the bright colours, commercialist attitudes, and refined graphic languages of Pop Artists Claes Oldenburg Tom Wesselmann and more recently, Takashi Murakami KAWS has married the legacy of Pop Art with his own legendary re-appropriation of contemporary culture icons, an aesthetic that has amassed widespread appeal from viewers worldwide. Read More Catalogue Essay KAWS在《無題》作品中，重新詮釋當代文化裡全球為之風靡、眾所皆知的卡通人物。KAWS選擇了以不帶光澤的紅色來當作為這幅畫的單一主色調。以美術史的角度來看，不難看出KAWS承襲了普普藝術的風格，從容遊走在純藝術及商業之間。這個卡通人物總是活力十足，愛取悅人又擁有著無可救藥的正面思考，KAWS在此完全以紅色取代了他讓人熟知的一身黃色，並畫上了藝術家一貫的風格：眼睛被加上了十字型的X符號以及被抽象化的整體形象。雖然我們能仍從大大凸凸的眼睛、翹翹的鼻子還有兩顆大暴牙認出他，但藝術家不僅將他的臉部放大又只擷取局部，然而也將節目中大家熟悉的海底的場景給抽離了。 KAWS在上世紀90年代曼哈頓下城風行的文化下成長，他帶著卡通風格的作品，與他早期生涯有極大的關聯，他當時就常常將自己特有的符號天衣無縫地畫在公眾場所的廣告上。他的手法純熟，以至於往往讓人無法辨識他所畫上去的是否是廣告原作的一部分。他這樣力求完美的精神，至今不滅。對於傳統眼光來界定高級藝術和低級藝術的區分，KAWS曾這樣回應：「對我來說，兩者之間的創造過程是相同的，我發現這很有趣，當我用了銅材質來作件大作品，就會被稱作是雕塑，但我若用了塑膠來作件小作品，就會被稱作玩具。」(引自於KAWS在卡羅‧麥康米克所著《從街頭到電視到純藝術畫廊，KAWS無所不在》Paper雜誌，2013年11月4日刊載)。儘管KAWS的作品帶著明亮的色彩、商業取向的態度，以及像是普普藝術前輩克雷斯‧歐登堡、湯姆‧衛索曼或當代的村上隆，他仍在承襲普普藝術的同時，以其獨特重新去詮釋解構 當代文化符號的風格美學，席捲全球的矚目。 Read More Artist Bio KAWS American • 1974 Follow To understand the work of KAWS is to understand his roots in the skateboard and graffiti crews of New York City. Brian Donnelly chose KAWS as his moniker to tag city streets beginning in the 1990s, and quickly became a celebrated standout in the scene. Having swapped spray paint for explorations in fine art spanning sculpture, painting and collage, KAWS has maintained a fascination with classic cartoons, including Garfield , SpongeBob SquarePants and The Simpsons , and reconfigured familiar subjects into a world of fantasy. Perhaps he is most known for his larger-than-life fiberglass sculptures that supplant the body of Mickey Mouse onto KAWS' own imagined creatures, often with 'x'-ed out eyes or ultra-animated features. However, KAWS also works frequently in neon and vivid paint, adding animation and depth to contemporary paintings filled with approachable imagination. There is mass appeal to KAWS,,who exhibits globally and most frequently in Asia, Europe and the United States. View More Works
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