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Letterpress on Somerset archival paper. Signed and numbered by the artist. Dissected Companion (Black) by KAWS, created in 2006, is a rare letterpress print on Somerset archival paper, measuring 50 × 50 cm and limited to an edition of just 4. The work features the artist’s iconic Companion figure rendered in stark black, with one half revealing a brightly colored anatomical cross-section. With X-ed out eyes and exaggerated cartoon-like organs, the figure embodies KAWS’s critique of consumer culture and his playful yet unsettling reinterpretation of familiar pop imagery. The glow-in-the-dark palette and simplified internal anatomy lend the piece a graphic intensity and eerie charm.
Dissected Companion (Black), 2006
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Letterpress on Somerset archival paper. Signed and numbered by the artist. Dissected Companion (Black) by KAWS, created in 2006, is a rare letterpress print on Somerset archival paper, measuring 50 × 50 cm and limited to an edition of just 4. The work features the artist’s iconic Companion figure rendered in stark black, with one half revealing a brightly colored anatomical cross-section. With X-ed out eyes and exaggerated cartoon-like organs, the figure embodies KAWS’s critique of consumer culture and his playful yet unsettling reinterpretation of familiar pop imagery. The glow-in-the-dark palette and simplified internal anatomy lend the piece a graphic intensity and eerie charm.
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What is pop-art?
Pop Art is an art movement that began in Britain in 1955 and in the late 1950s in the U.S. It challenged traditional fine arts by incorporating imagery from popular culture, such as news, advertising, and comic books. Pop Art often isolates and recontextualizes materials, combining them with unrelated elements. The movement is more about the attitudes and ideas that inspired it than the specific art itself. Pop Art is seen as a reaction against the dominant ideas of Abstract Expressionism, bringing everyday consumer culture into the realm of fine art.
