{"product_id":"kaws","title":"KAWS","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis special publication documents a site-specific installation created by American artist KAWS (born 1974) for the Renaissance courtyard of the Palazzo Strozzi, Florence. The installation stages a surprising and constructive dialogue between the contemporary giant—famed for his cartoon- and graffiti-inspired sculptures, paintings and collectible toys—and the Strozzi's concurrent exhibition on Italian Renaissance–era painter Fra Angelico. Reworking the theme of the Annunciation—the subject of Fra Angelico's most celebrated painting—through a monumental installation, KAWS offers an unprecedented encounter between eras, forms and visions, bridging traditional iconography from Western visual culture with the immediacy and hyper-connection of contemporary life. In his work, aptly titled \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Message\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the mobile phone figures as the central element of the scene. KAWS imbues this object of prolific daily use with a sacred quality, likening it to the miraculous message delivered by angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"D.A.P. BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47959641915557,"sku":"9791254633243","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/2472\/files\/kaws-30.jpg?v=1782921570","url":"https:\/\/museumshop.high.org\/products\/kaws","provider":"High Museum of Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}