From the "Man's best friend" portfolio - Screenprint in black and white, on Saunders Waterford High White paper - Published by Pace Prints, New York.
Man's Best Friend #9 by KAWS is a screenprint from the 2016 Man's Best Friend portfolio, characterized by its bold black-and-white palette. The artwork features abstracted line work that intertwines and overlaps, creating a dense and dynamic composition reminiscent of graffiti and cartoon-inspired forms. Printed on Saunders Waterford High White paper, the high contrast of black and white amplifies the fluid, almost gestural quality of the lines, evoking both movement and ambiguity. This piece reflects KAWS’s interest in reinterpreting familiar visual languages while inviting viewers to engage with abstract forms and personal associations.
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-printScreen 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.
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From the "Man's best friend" portfolio - Screenprint in black and white, on Saunders Waterford High White paper - Published by Pace Prints, New York.
Man's Best Friend #9 by KAWS is a screenprint from the 2016 Man's Best Friend portfolio, characterized by its bold black-and-white palette. The artwork features abstracted line work that intertwines and overlaps, creating a dense and dynamic composition reminiscent of graffiti and cartoon-inspired forms. Printed on Saunders Waterford High White paper, the high contrast of black and white amplifies the fluid, almost gestural quality of the lines, evoking both movement and ambiguity. This piece reflects KAWS’s interest in reinterpreting familiar visual languages while inviting viewers to engage with abstract forms and personal associations.
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)
Hard Edge art is a style of abstract painting that became popular in the 1960s. It features areas of color separated by crisp, sharp edges that are painted with geometric precision. The term hard-edge painting was coined by art critic Jules Langsner to describe this approach, which contrasts with the softer, more fluid forms of other abstract styles.