Extra info: Screenprint in colors, 2013, signed in pencil, dated and numbered from the numbered edition of 80 plus 20 artist's proofs, on Saunders Waterford High White paper, published by the artist, New York.
KAWS' Ups and Down was first displayed at his eponymously titled exhibition in 2013, a milestone in KAWS' rapid climb to international acclaim. The sizable silkscreens show snapshots of cartoon scenes that evade interpretation. They have a frenetic, surrealist quality: tongues wag, teeth snap, eyes flap, fingers and fists whirl inexplicably.