Skip to product information
Kaws The News V, 2018
$6,500.00
In The News V, 2018, KAWS distills his visual language to its most charged and minimal form. The circular composition bursts with electric contrast: a field of vivid yellow and grey punctuated by a deep navy oval and the artist’s unmistakable red XX motif. Encircled by a magenta and violet border, the image hums with graphic tension—its balance of precision and spontaneity recalling both pop art clarity and graffiti’s raw immediacy.
This work exemplifies KAWS’s ongoing dialogue between abstraction and recognition. The familiar cartoon-derived mark becomes a bold formal gesture, a symbol of emotion and disruption within an otherwise restrained composition. Beneath the playful palette lies a meditation on communication and cultural overload—the way icons lose and gain meaning in an era of endless repetition.
The News V encapsulates the artist’s unique ability to merge accessibility with depth. It is both instantly recognizable and open-ended, a vibrant, painterly emblem of contemporary life viewed through the lens of pop, design, and postmodern abstraction.