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KAWS是我們這個時代最具標誌性和最多產的藝術家之一。作為一名藝術家、收藏家、設計師和企業家，通過結合繪畫、雕塑和版畫製作進行多元藝術實踐，他多方面的身份反映了藝術、科技和當代流行文化所具有的流動性本質。多年來，他創造了一種涵蓋波普藝術、抽象繪畫、藝術史和流行文化的獨特視覺語言，藝術家的不規則形狀布面作品為觀者提供了一個通向他那有著不可思議的卡通人物和高度抽象構圖的圖像視覺世界之窗口。
《無題》巧妙地運用了圓形的畫布，呈現了一隻直面觀者的眼睛。這種放大化的視角讓觀者去猜測畫布之外的一個更大的人物，創造出一種比居家的尺寸更具氣勢和情緒感的存在。他對平整、無層次、無明顯筆觸的運用，也使作品逐漸形成高度圖像化的質感，模糊了具象與抽象之間的界限。柔和的灰色、大膽的紅色和警示性的黃色形成鮮明的對比色，並伴隨著KAWS特有的X眼，暗示著醉酒或死亡，構圖上的簡潔給予了色彩發揮的空間。通過《無題》，KAWS展示了他對色彩在情感上和理智上的力量有著與生俱來的理解，引發觀者心中生起焦慮、不安甚至同情的暗流。
從流行卡通人物身上汲取靈感，然後通過變形的視角和抽象化處理將其所蘊含的熟悉感剝離，隨著他不斷努力去排除圍繞藝術的排他性，在他創作的各個方面去融合高雅和大眾文化的元素，KAWS的作品捕捉到了真實與虛擬、個人與公共之間不斷變幻的界限。
KAWS
American | 1974To 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.