KAWS is primarily a contemporary artist and designer, so books under his name are visual monographs rather than novels or continuous prose. KAWS: WHAT PARTY surveys paintings, sculptures, drawings, toys and commercial collaborations, showing how repeated figures with crossed-out eyes move between street-derived imagery, gallery work and popular culture. Other exhibition books and catalogues similarly reproduce large bodies of work, preparatory sketches and installation views, often with essays by curators placing the images within Pop art, graffiti, design and collecting culture. The reading experience is therefore image-led: captions and critical essays provide context, but the sequence of artworks carries most of the book. KAWS titles fit contemporary art, Pop-influenced art, designer toys and visual culture. KAWS: WHAT PARTY is the broadest monograph for seeing that crossover between paintings, sculpture, character design, vinyl toys and commercial collaborations, with the reproductions carrying more of the experience than the accompanying critical essays. Read more Less
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