KAWS: DOWN TIME – High Museum of Art – Atlanta
On February 16th I went to the opening of the exhibition KAWS: DOWN TIME at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. It was a beautiful opening of work by the artist Brian Donnelly, more commonly known as KAWS. Brian is a Brooklyn based artist whose work encompasses a diverse variety of media from painting and sculpture, to editioned toys and other objects often produced in collaboration with designers and other artists. The exhibition was curated by my partner Michael Rooks, the Wieland Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the High.
KAWS ”COMPANION PASSING THROUGH” on the Sifly Piazza.
“THE NATURE OF NEED” in the Margaretta Taylor Lobby of the Wieland Family Pavilion.
KAWS: DOWN TIME – the opening on February 16th.
Brian signed books, photos, objects and various ephemera for the many fans and visitors who attended. A conversation between the artist and curator took place in the Alliance Theatre prior to the exhibition’s opening.
From left to right, COMPANION, (FIVE YEARS LATER) COMPANION, (ORIGINAL FAKE) COMPANION.
“GLASS SMILE”
A view from the skyway of the Renzo Piano designed Wieland Family Pavilion at the High.
“CHUM“ and ”GONE AND BEYOND”
“CHUM”
KAWS: DOWN TIME in the Skyway Galleries
“COMPANION PASSING THROUGH” on the Sifly Piazza.
”SILENT CITY” in the Robinson Atrium.
KAWS: DOWN TIME – High Museum of Art – Atlanta
