A wry take on nostalgia as Pop Art star comes to YSP

TOWERING figures that put a wry slant on nostalgic childhood characters have been carefully lifted into place in the historic landscape of Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
By The Newsroom
Published 15th Jan 2016, 15:04 BST
Updated 15th Jan 2016, 15:09 BST
Sculpture technicians install six enormous sculptures by renowned American artist KAWS  some measuring up to ten-metres tall  at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Picture Tony JohnsonSculpture technicians install six enormous sculptures by renowned American artist KAWS  some measuring up to ten-metres tall  at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Picture Tony Johnson
Sculpture technicians install six enormous sculptures by renowned American artist KAWS  some measuring up to ten-metres tall  at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Picture Tony Johnson

Opening on February 6, the exhibition of work by renowned New York-based artist KAWS is a UK-first, though many of his sculptures, designs, toys and prints will have a familiar air to those unaware of his work.

Considered one of the most relevant artists of his generation, KAWS, or Brian Donnelly, has created a prolific body of work within the Pop Art tradition, straddling the worlds of art and design to include street art, graphic and product design, paintings, murals and large-scale sculptures.

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Six large sculptures, measuring between six and ten metres high, are being installed outside, while in the Longside Gallery, sculptures including 2010’s Accomplice, a baby pink monstrous rabbit figures, sit alongisde five paintings created especially for the exhibition. Each measuring 112 x 92 inches, they will span the largest wall of the spacious gallery, creating a swathe of brilliant colour and complex energy.

KAWS runs at Yorkshire Sculpture Park until June.

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