A wide-ranging exploration of comics, characters, and the visual language of KAWS and his contemporaries.

KAWS. Art & Comics explores the interplay between comics, comic strips, cartoons, and fine art. It places the American artist KAWS in dialog with selected contemporary stances, focusing on the artistic autonomy of his characters-figures that unite characteristics of street, pop, commercial, and public art. Comics are characterized by a universal language and exist in many cultures as an accessible way of telling stories graphically, in words and images.

Jean-Michel Basquiat and Ad Reinhardt were fine artists who created comics in a near-classic vein. Even before the advent of photography and (animated) films, caricature, satire, and frame-by-frame narration offered a powerful way to convey stories across national, generational, and social boundaries. From the 1960s onward, artists such as
Keith Haring and H.C. Westermann questioned the division between high and low art. Prominent contemporary artists in this tradition include KAWS, Joyce Pensato, Cosima von Bonin, and Peter Saul.

ÖVRIGT:
Mediatyp: Bok
Bandtyp: Häftad
Författare: Angela Stief, Florian Waldvogel Ralph Gleis
Förlag: Prestel Publishing Ltd
Språk: Engelska
Omfång: 240 sidor
Mått (bxhxd): 225x300x23 mm
Vikt: 1239 gram
Illustrerad: Nej

Streckkod: 9783791392011
SKU: 929481