KAWS, Medicom Toy

Share & Take, by artist KAWS.

• Sold as a set of 2.
• Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
• Each from a sold-out edition of an unknown size.
• Stamped on the underside.

KAWS uses two of his characters here to convey opposing human attitudes. In the sculpture TAKE, the BFF holds a child Companion defensively, pulling it back in a gesture of mistrust as if to prevent someone else from touching it; the child cowed looks to the ground, the fear is transferred. In SHARE, the Companion is secure and looks outward, holding but not attached to the toy in its hand. KAWS’ figures, as ever, poignantly reveal to us the human condition in the contemporary world and also offer an alternative way of being.