Opening Reception: The Way I See It: Selections from the KAWS Collection

Join us for a reception to celebrate the opening of The Way I See It: Selections from the KAWS Collection, an exhibition featuring more than 350 artworks chosen by KAWS from his vast personal collection of over 3,000 works on paper by some 500 artists.

Spanning the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, The Way I See It showcases a diverse range of artists and interprets the term “drawing” broadly to include comics, commercial illustrations, and graffiti sketches. The exhibition challenges long-held hierarchies and radically expands our understanding of what constitutes a great work of art. It includes works by Abstract Expressionist Willem de Kooning, self-taught masters such as Martín Ramírez, Henry Darger, and Adolf Wölfli, and comic artists like R. Crumb. The Way I See It also highlights KAWS’s impressive holdings of works by artists Peter Saul, H.C. Westermann, Helen Rae, and Susan Te Kahurangi King, alongside archives of works underrepresented in the artistic canon, including those of renowned American graffiti writers such as DONDI, SERVE, and FUTURA 2000.

The opening reception is free and open to the public.