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Duality in Desolation
This SupremePunk is inspired by CryptoPunk #2006 , the self-portraits of Frida Kahlo and Salvador Dali and the work of Toby Fox. The following features can be noted as visual features of this work: rigidity of lines, thickness of outlines, unambiguity of colors, aggressive shading, close to pencil shading. The chosen color palette is muted and gravitates toward darker rather than lighter shades, which together with the bold outline makes a heavy impression on the viewer. The author does not emphasize naturalism, but rather the imagery and psychology of the character's portrait. The head divided in two, one half with a horn, the other half with a skull-shaped head, creates the central axis of the work, predominantly affecting only the configuration of the character rather than the background.
Salvador Dali — Soft self-portrait with fried bacon, 1941
On the left half, angular lines prevail, emphasized by the outline of the nose and cigarette. On the right half, on the other hand, there are flowing lines, due to the smoothness of the skull outline and the elements of the character's sketchy face. Nevertheless, this does not affect the lack of color transitions and unambiguity of the depicted shapes. Abstract portraiture is characteristic of many twentieth-century artists, among whom Salvador Dali and his 1941 work "Soft Self-Portrait with Fried Bacon" can be highlighted. Dali called this portrait "anti-psychological," as he presented himself as a piece of skin peeled off his head. It is as if the artist is trying to disappear, to lose his form. But the support in the form of many crutches tearing through the author's skin keeps him from finally disappearing. The viewer can still see the artist in this, at least his famous mustache. The mustache is echoed by his spectacularly curved eyebrows.
Salvador Dali with his Soft Self-Portrait with Fried Bacon, 1954
If we look for echoes of this SupremePunk with self-portraits reflecting the two-faced human nature, we must mention Frida Kahlo's first large-scale work, Two Fridas, done in 1939. The canvas depicts two versions of Kahlo sitting together. One is dressed in a white Victorian dress and holding tongs in her lap, the other in a traditional dress from Tehuana and with a portrait of her husband and lover Diego Rivera. Since European Frida was painted by the artist after her divorce from Diego Rivera, the white dress of European Frida pours blood from a severed blood vessel, depicting her heartache. This self-portrait conveys the loneliness of an artist with only herself left among her closest people.
Frida Kahlo — The Two Fridas, 1939

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