A wry take on nostalgia as Pop Art star comes to YSP
Opening on February 6, the exhibition of work by renowned New York-based artist KAWS is a UK-first, though many of his sculptures, designs, toys and prints will have a familiar air to those unaware of his work.
Considered one of the most relevant artists of his generation, KAWS, or Brian Donnelly, has created a prolific body of work within the Pop Art tradition, straddling the worlds of art and design to include street art, graphic and product design, paintings, murals and large-scale sculptures.
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Hide AdSix large sculptures, measuring between six and ten metres high, are being installed outside, while in the Longside Gallery, sculptures including 2010’s Accomplice, a baby pink monstrous rabbit figures, sit alongisde five paintings created especially for the exhibition. Each measuring 112 x 92 inches, they will span the largest wall of the spacious gallery, creating a swathe of brilliant colour and complex energy.
KAWS runs at Yorkshire Sculpture Park until June.