Qatar Museums presents the first exhibition in the Middle East by KAWS (Brian Donnelly, born 1974, USA).

The exhibition started on October 25, 2019, and will run until January 25, 2020, at the Garage Gallery, Doha Fire Station.

The solo show discovers his career and vast pieces and features painting and sculpture made over the past 20 years.

VIP opening of KAWS: HE EATS ALONE, the first museum show in the Middle East dedicated to Brian Donnelly (b. 1974, USA), known professionally as KAWS, at the Fire Station: Artist in Residence from October 25, 2019 through January 25, 2020. #KAWSinDoha pic.twitter.com/C2x1bbEDoo

— Doha Fire Station (@DohaFireStation) October 24, 2019

KAWS’ imagery has long possessed sophisticated, dark humor, revealing the interplay between art and consumerism, referencing both art history and pop culture.

Donnelly started his career in street art in the 1990s, becoming synonymous with the name KAWS, a tag that became a staple in his ‘sub-vertisments’ (modifications of commercial works).

In addition to more than 40 major pieces exhibited in the Garage Gallery, examples of commercial collaborations designed by KAWS, among them sneakers, skateboards, and toys are on view in a separate archive above Café 999. 

A gigantic 5-meter-tall sculpture, Companion (Passing Through) (2013), in the Fire Station courtyard and an inflatable 40-meter public artwork at the Dhow Harbor, Holiday (2019), also serves to highlight the exhibition.

The admission fee for this exhibition is QAR 50 for adults, QAR 25 for Qataris, residents of Qatar and students.

Admission is free for children under 16, Culture Pass Plus and Culture Pass Family Members, and visitors with disabilities.

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Source and Cover Image Credit: Doha Fire Station