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GLASS SMILE

KAWS

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Caption

KAWS (American, born 1974). GLASS SMILE, 2012. Acrylic on canvas, 120 x 96 in. (304.8 x 243.8 cm). Collection of the artist, L2015.4. © KAWS, courtesy of Mary Boone Gallery, New York. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Artist

KAWS

Title

GLASS SMILE

Date

2012

Medium

Acrylic on canvas

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

120 x 96 in. (304.8 x 243.8 cm)

Credit Line

Collection of the artist

Accession Number

L2015.4

Rights

© KAWS, courtesy of Mary Boone Gallery, New York

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Frequent Art Questions

  • There are a lot of diagonals, and the neon enhances the dark blue. Can you tell there are, what looks like, a set of eyes behind all those lines?

    If you are curious, KAWS' large-scale sculptures and brightly colored paintings play with imagery associated with consumer products and global brands.
    KAWS' overall body of work makes reference to consumer imagery through its allusion to childhood characters and crossed-out eyes. If you look carefully, you will be able to see the eyes behind the lines have crosses on them. This is a signature motif of the artist, just like the eyes in the large sculpture in the lobby.
    The bright colors and lines also come from the artist's background as a graffiti artist in the 1980s and 1990s.

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KAWS

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