KAWS' Blame Game (2014) is a bold and colorful screenprint that exemplifies the artist's signature style, blending pop art and street art influences. The composition features abstracted, cartoon-like figures with Xs for eyes, a hallmark of KAWS’ visual language. Bright, solid colors dominate the work—vivid reds, blues, yellows, and purples—giving the print a playful yet slightly disorienting feel. The layering of shapes and forms creates a sense of depth, while the simplified, almost graphic design draws attention to the interplay of color and form. The characters are presented in fragmented, overlapping sections, further emphasizing KAWS’ style of transforming familiar shapes into abstract, modern art. Signed and dated on the front, this limited edition of 100 with 5 printer’s proofs is a prime example of KAWS’ crossover appeal, blending fine art with popular culture.
KAWS (USA, 1974), born Brian Donnelly, is a contemporary artist and designer celebrated for his cartoon-inspired sculptures, paintings, and collectible toys. Merging street art and pop culture, his iconic 'Companion' figures and bold graphics have reached global audiences, bridging the worlds of fine art, fashion, and commercial design.
Screen-print Screen printing is a technique where ink is transferred through a mesh onto a substrate, with areas blocked by a stencil to prevent ink from passing through. This method, also known as serigraphy or silkscreen printing, is commonly used to produce prints on posters, T-shirts, vinyl, stickers, wood, and other materials. The process is a type of stencil printing, allowing for vibrant, detailed designs on various surfaces.
KAWS' Blame Game (2014) is a bold and colorful screenprint that exemplifies the artist's signature style, blending pop art and street art influences. The composition features abstracted, cartoon-like figures with Xs for eyes, a hallmark of KAWS’ visual language. Bright, solid colors dominate the work—vivid reds, blues, yellows, and purples—giving the print a playful yet slightly disorienting feel. The layering of shapes and forms creates a sense of depth, while the simplified, almost graphic design draws attention to the interplay of color and form. The characters are presented in fragmented, overlapping sections, further emphasizing KAWS’ style of transforming familiar shapes into abstract, modern art. Signed and dated on the front, this limited edition of 100 with 5 printer’s proofs is a prime example of KAWS’ crossover appeal, blending fine art with popular culture.
KAWS (USA, 1974), born Brian Donnelly, is a contemporary artist and designer celebrated for his cartoon-inspired sculptures, paintings, and collectible toys. Merging street art and pop culture, his iconic 'Companion' figures and bold graphics have reached global audiences, bridging the worlds of fine art, fashion, and commercial design.
Born Brian Donnelly but creating under a pseudonym, Kaws is an artist renowned for his acrylic paintings and sculptures that often employ repeated and distinctive graphics while reworking highly recognisable pop culture icons – Companion is one of his most notable sculptures, a large-scale, clown-like and darker take on the universally-recognised Mickey Mouse. Kaws’ early foray into art was through the form of street-graffiti; his trademark ‘x’ symbol, often applied over the hands, eyes and mouths of his characters, sprung from this phase in which Kaws would often replace public advertisements with his own artwork, a technique known as subvertising. Kaws uses a number of different materials throughout his creative processes including wood, aluminium, fiberglass and a steel pontoon inflatable raft; he has also collaborated with numerous companies and artists including Santastic! and John Mayer. (Artist website)
Comic strip art refers to artwork that utilizes the subject matter and commercial printing techniques found in comic strips. In the 1960s, a group of artists began creating paintings that incorporated Ben-Day dots—commonly used in comics and advertising—to produce highly graphic designs in bright colors, using traditional art media.