Original hand signed drawing held inside the KAWS: Companionship in the Age of Loneliness book. The drawing is unique; the book was published in an unknown number.
The drawing can be removed by the framer and framed separately, or it can be kept in the monograph and displayed in a shadow box, or even a coffee table or bookshelf. Or it can be gifted to a special someone. The possibilities are numerous.
Book information:
Working across art, fashion and design, he creates colour-filled paintings, murals, large-scale sculptures, street and public art, products, and streetwear. His work is infused with humour and humanity and is deeply tied to our times. KAWS draws his cast of characters from pop-culture animations to form a distinctive artistic vocabulary.
Featuring a new text by Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid’s Tale), a biographical essay by NGV Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, Dr Simon Maidment, and more than 200 images, including documentation of the career-survey exhibition KAWS: Companionship in the Age of Loneliness at the National Gallery of Victoria, this publication is a comprehensive overview of the artist’s work to date.
Publisher: National Gallery of Victoria
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 350 pp, with illustrations
Category: Contemporary Art
Publication date: December 2019
Selected as one of eight finalists in the Art book section of the International Book Awards, 2020.