KAWS is one of the most popular and recognizable contemporary artists whose reach extends far
beyond the art world into the realms of fashion music and popular culture at large. Beginning
his career as a graffiti artist in the 1990s KAWS has expanded his repertoire into painting
sculpture drawing product design and augmented reality together forming an artistic vision
that unites all of these practices. Richly illustrated and featuring the most significant
scholarship on his work to date this book is a definitive study on the life and career of this
extraordinary artist.