KAWS loved cartoons growing up. When speaking about his characters the KURFS, he notes, "Cartoons exist across different cultures and countries; kids my age in Mexico were growing up on the same Smurfs that I grew up with. A lot of my paintings are flat, similar to cartoons. I like the feeling this work creates when you're in front of it, especially at the scale I work at.”
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KAWS (American, born 1974). KURFS (CLOUD), 2007; KURFS (PAPA), 2007. Acrylic on canvas. © KAWS. Collection of Pharrell Williams.











