“Garfield” by KAWS, a contemporary artist known for his fusion of art and commercial, leading to collaborations with high-profile brands to create items like toys and clothing. This limited edition screenprint on paper is die-cut to replicate the shape of the iconic comic and cartoon character Garfield, one of many appropriated media motifs that reappear throughout KAWS’s body of work. Garfield’s reclined figure, distilled to an abstract silhouette, is filled with various organic swaths of purple, green, brown, blue, and red. Like much of his work, “Garfield'' reinterprets symbols from both external pop culture spheres, and his own enormous oeuvre through a playful palette and lens that is distinctly his own. The piece measures 12 ½ inches tall by 8 ½ inches wide and is signed and numbered by the artist.

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KAWS (American, b.1974) is a notable limited-edition toy and clothing designer. He was born in Jersey City, NJ, as Brian Donnelly. With influences from traditional life painters, such as Gerhard Richter, Claes Oldenburg, and Chuck Close to graffiti artists in his community and around the world, KAWS has created a vast collection of ground-breaking work that includes commercial products, larger-than-life sculptures, and hard-edge paintings. KAWS’s career began as a graffiti artist in New York, NY, in the early 1990s. His images were seen on billboards, bus stops, and in phone booths. He obtained his BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York. Once KAWS began to gain popularity, his graffiti advertisements became highly sought after. He traveled extensively to work in Paris, London, Germany, and Japan. In 1998, he received the Pernod Liquid Art Award, which offers a grant to new artists. In the late 1990s, KAWS began to design and produce limited-edition toys. These gained international popularity, especially in Japan. KAWS has collaborated with numerous companies including UNIQLO, Nike, BAPE, Jun Takahashi, and many more. His work has been exhibited at major institutions like the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the Newcomb Art Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and has even had several solo exhibitions at institutions such as the Brooklyn Museum and the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art. The artist currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.