一本書，讓你秒懂震撼潮流界二十年的當代傳奇塗鴉大師KAWS，到底厲害在哪裡！
《KAWS：Where the End Starts》是一本透視KAWS藝術的經典巨作，從公仔、優衣庫（Uniqlo）聯名UT、傳奇塗鴉到藝術創作，KAWS的作品淡化了不同藝術形式之間，甚至是藝術與時尚之間的界線。
受到安迪沃荷等流行藝術家影響，KAWS的公仔玩偶、大型雕塑及藝術創作常以大膽且強烈的方式呈現，巧妙地跨越消費文化與藝術創作，讓經典的XX標誌遊走小眾塗鴉文化以及大眾流行文化之間。
《KAWS：Where the End Starts》深度探討KAWS多產的藝術創作生涯，帶您認識KAWS風靡全球的繪畫、公仔、雕塑及時尚作品，全面解析過去20年KAWS藝術創作的重要里程碑，包括KAWS與眾多時尚品牌的經典合作案，例如NIKE、川久保玲的Comme des
Garçons、街頭夯牌SUPREME等，一本書讓你搞懂KAWS到底厲害在哪裡。(文/博客來編譯)
A major survey of KAWS and his eye-popping work, from collectible art toys to UNIQLO T-shirts, from grafitti to museum exhibitions
Appropriating characters, images and effects from pop culture, the work of KAWS blurs the lines between high and low art, and between art and fashion. Deploying film and television favorites
for his toys, large-scale sculpture and bold, nearly abstract painting, KAWS recasts the familiar colors and forms of popular entertainment in cheeky and often poignantly human terms.
Influenced by Andy Warhol and other Pop artists, hard-edge abstract painting and graffiti, KAWS’ work deftly straddles consumer culture and artistic innovation, and his distinctive style is as
much at home in his toys as in his monumental sculpture.
KAWS: Where the End Starts explores the artist’s prolific career in depth, featuring key paintings, sculptures, drawings, toys, and fashion and advertising designs. This extensive monograph,
including contributions from Andrea Karnes, Michael Auping, Dieter Buchhart and Pharrell Williams, reveals critical aspects of KAWS’ formal and conceptual development over the past 20 years, as
his career has shifted from graffiti to fine art and collaborations with designers and brands such as Comme des Garçons, SUPREME, Nigo (A Bathing Ape) and Nike.
Published in a hardcover edition with more than 150 color reproductions by the Museum of Modern Art, Fort Worth in conjunction with the major 2016 Fall exhibition on KAWS.
