# @sfmoma on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DU8vHm5AdUf
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/56894226-sfmoma-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/57ee62fff6.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-02-19T18:10:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** SFMOMA (@sfmoma) — https://gondola.cc/sfmoma

## Caption

You’ve seen this before. That’s the point. 

KAWS (kaws) began appropriating popular cartoons in his work in the late 1990s, taking note of “how infused a cartoon could become in people’s lives” during a trip to Japan.

Blending fine art, pop culture, design, fashion, and branding, KAWS’s work resists easy labels. As he’s said: “I often think, how do I make something that feels like it has always existed?”

Find your entry point into KAWS: FAMILY and trace the artist’s distinct path through the art world for the past thirty years.

#KAWS #KAWSCOMPANION

## Stats

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- **Comments:** 9

## Tags

kawscompanion, kaws

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