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This Punk is inspired by CryptoPunk #2025 and the work of Pierre Auguste Renoir and Shirazeh Houshiary.
Renoir — The Umbrellas, 1866
Despite the geometricity of the image, the character of the strokes and colors is very similar to the technique of the Impressionists, who created their works quickly compared to the academic works that preceded them. In this Punk it is as if one can feel the multilayeredness and expressiveness of the paint strokes flying on top of each other, which are mixed directly on the canvas, causing the color that at first glance seems to be one, in fact consists of many shades and paints that are not at all close to the final color. Thus, the background of SupremePunk consists of yellow, green, and gray colors, which in the end create a dusty purple. This is very reminiscent of Renoir's works, such as Umbrellas, where all the clothing elements of the characters depicted appear to be black, although any colors other than gray are used in their depiction: blue, purple, yellow, and green.
In addition, the impressionistic manner of this SupremePunk is evident in the richness of some of the colors. Probably the first thing the viewer notices when encountering this work are the azure rectangular shapes. They are as poignant as Monet's Water Lilies. Especially if you look at the largest turquoise rectangle, it seems as if you can see the swampy sludge bursting through the watery surface of the pond.
William Turner — Slavers, Throwing Overboard The Dead And Dying, 1840
You might also notice the white quadrangle in the lower half of the painting. It feels as if the pastel orange-yellow streaks on the canvas are faded paints from a painting created centuries ago that no one bothered to care for. The arrangement of the spots of color and their remaining hues give the impression that this could be one of many paintings by the British romantic William Turner. The coloristic dominant colors of his work were yellows, oranges, and browns.
William Turner — The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 1835
The countless analogies found in the details of this SupremePunk reveal a common, inherent characteristic of all paintings without exception. Art is always concerned with the legacy of the past. No matter what the author creates, the process of creation in any case involves an existing cultural stratum, centuries-old practices, even if this is not visible in the final version of the work. After all, in order to create something revolutionary that breaks with the traditions of the past, you first need to have this past, to know it. So this Punk shows that there would be no avant-garde without romanticism and impressionism. The painting movements that preceded it created a basis, a foundation from which you can push off in the exact opposite direction.
Shirazeh Houshiary — Seed, 2014
Shirazeh Houshiary — Only a Flicker, 2016

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