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KAWS, The News I, 2018
$7,500.00
Screenprint
diameter 24 in
diameter 61 cm
In The News I, 2018, KAWS brings his unmistakable visual vocabulary to life through a striking interplay of colour, form, and abstraction. Set within a circular composition, the work merges bold fields of electric blue, yellow, and magenta with the artist’s signature XX motif, layered across fluid, overlapping shapes. The result is a dynamic visual rhythm—part pop, part psychological—that pulses with contemporary energy.
This edition reflects KAWS’s evolution from street artist to global cultural figure, bridging the worlds of fine art, design, and mass media. The News I captures the essence of his practice: familiar cartoon-like forms fragmented and reimagined into something both nostalgic and unsettling. The work speaks to the overload of modern visual culture—its noise, colour, and chaos—while maintaining a playful aesthetic precision.
Through The News I, KAWS transforms the language of popular imagery into a painterly meditation on perception and emotion, turning abstraction itself into a form of communication that feels at once intimate and universal.