Throughout his prints, sculptures and original paintings, KAWS’ distinctive playful pop style is immediately apparent. Blending street, pop and high-art KAWS’ artworks are characterized by an artist who has both a love for life and a love for expression and creation. KAWS’ print releases continue to attract collectors new and old with their bold and inventive use of character and colour - told through the lens of an artist who is not afraid to challenge the norms. His original sculptures, released almost 20 years ago, have continued to influence new generations of artists and beyond into the worlds of fashion and collectibles. Across his career, KAWS’ artworks are noticeable for their effortless fusion of an almost fairground mix of bright colours, pop-culture cartoon characters and the rebellious reworking of brands identities invite us to challenge our perceptions of high and low art.

KAWS is renowned for his  toys, prints and his ‘subvertisements - which are often credited as his breakthrough works that propelled him from graffiti artist into the modern, contemporary artworld. KAWS’s art parodies recognizable and household cultural icons, famously Disney’s Mickey Mouse amongst others, creating a world that is at once playful and inviting yet bold, shocking and edgy. KAWS’ art reframes global cultural icons in a way that seeks to question both their importance and our own reaction to these familiar (often childhood linked) characters whose identity is as recognizable as it is unsettling. It is the juxtaposition of the familiar and the unknown that makes KAWS so appealing to collectors around the world. 

Subversion abounds in KAWS’ prints, sculptures as he strips back the familiar and layers it with meaning, twists and a dark sense of playfulness. kAWS’ artworks oscillate between the commercial and fine artworlds, perhaps better than nay other artist since Warhol, as he reimagines and reaffirms 21st century life through X marked eyes, saturated colours and a sense of rebellion.