Accompanied by a letterpress print signed by Kenny Scharf and packaged in a custom full-color box, this new limited edition book by the cult artist reveals his latest body of works entitled “MOODZ.” 

Comprising 400 circular paintings of faces—each one different—this comprehensive ensemble gives form to a population of moods, feelings, expressions, and colors. Who are the characters depicted on these multiple canvases? Scharf explains they all reflect aspects of his own personality. Some days he needs to release his aggressive energy and they may reflect his anger. Other faces reflect his exuberance and love of painting.

The serial imagery and the iconic quality of Scharf’s faces evoke the work of Andy Warhol. The conceptual structure also reflects the heritage of minimal art. Scharf likens the “MOODZ” series to an early memory of seeing the pixels of color on his parents’ first color television. His work fuses the vocabulary of Pop and Minimalism with 1960s California TV culture that he experienced as a boy in the San Fernando Valley, and as a high school student in Beverly Hills.