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Fumus Virgae
This Punk is inspired by CryptoPunk #7244 and the work of Pablo Picasso. In this image, you can see the image of the character divided into geometric shapes. Muted gray and blue shades give this picture a melancholic mood, and the bizarre shape of the eyes made of green triangles and rectangles resembles the makeup of a circus performer.
Paul Cezanne — Pierrot and Harlequin, 1890
Artists of the turn of the XIX-XX centuries often turned to the image of wandering artists, especially to the images of Pierrot and Harlequin. Among the works on this subject, one can recall the canvas of Paul Cezanne "Pierrot and Harlequin", written in 1888. The depicted space looks post-impressionistic in a Cezanne way: there is no single perspective in the picture, the same object — for example, a theater curtain in this case - is distorted as if a person is looking at it from several angles at once. The diagonal of the blue wall gives the impression that the characters came out of the corner, and Pierrot and Harlequin look very unnatural in relation to each other, as if this picture is a collage of two different works. Moreover, the position of the characters in relation to gender looks extremely strange, which is again connected with Paul Cezanne's multi-angle approach to depicting reality and with his desire to convey the movement of people, because of which Harlequin's feet seem so long.
Pablo Picasso — The Two Saltimbanques, 1901
The theme of circus artists is also present in the works of Pablo Picasso, for example, in the work "Harlequin and his girlfriend (traveling gymnasts)", created in 1901. The picture shows the familiar red spots of the interior of the restaurant, in which the artist often placed his characters (recall the same "Absinthe Lover"). It is difficult to understand whether it is a wall or a floor, but if it is the latter, then the whole hard life of the "lower classes" of society (in this case, traveling artists) is captured in this moment of the evening. The characters' faces are shackled by a monolithic grip of hands, which in their completed unnatural tension convey the feeling of emptiness of the heroes who have found temporary oblivion in a glass of absinthe.
This SupremePunk is like splitting the Picassic image of an artist crushed by the weight of fate, splitting, reminiscent of Adam Lister's approach to creating his works. This contemporary artist paints geometric interpretations of recognized works of art. From under his brush come the eight-bit "Mona Lisa" and "the Arnolfini couple", "Ophelia" and "Olympia". Despite the fact that his works are simplified to multi-colored rectangles, Adam Lester still creates familiar images of masterpieces of world art culture from them.
Adam Lister — Olympia, 2017
Gunther Gerzso — Paisaje Espejismo, 2000
It can also be noted that the technique of execution of this Punk resembles the architectonic rectilinear abstractions of the Mexican artist and designer Gunther Gerso. The contrast between the smallest geometric figures and huge layers of tectonic monochrome forms, the layering of the composition are the main features of the work of this painter. In addition to these features, the blue-gold palette of abstractions also brings many of his canvases closer to this SupremePunk.

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