LOOKY

Edition of 99 Signed and numbered by the artist Stamped by the publisher “Round is definitely a great shape. I have always worked and played with this format.” — Kenny Scharf Kenny Scharf created his first tondo paintings in the 1980s. In 2019 he painted “LOOKY” for his landmark immersive Universalis exhibition at La Nave Salinas, Ibiza. The round form makes the screenprint look like a bubble hung on the wall. It also reminds the shape of an emoji to highlight emotions and express a special happy mood. Kenny Scharf is an American artist born in 1958 in Hollywood, California. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California. He won notoriety and fame in New York in the 1980s. He is fascinated by the surrealist and pop art movements. In 1978 he moved to New York to study at the School of Visual Arts where he graduated in 1980. He hung out with friends such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, and Keith Haring.