Blend

Name: Blend
Brand: Angelo Accardi & Gianpiero
Price: 3800.0 EUR
Availability: InStock

Angelo Accardi & Gianpiero

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Certificate of Authenticity: original by the artist

Signature: dry stamp

Edition: 25

Year: 2024

SUPPORT: canvas

TECHNIQUE: mixed

DIMENSIONS: 50 cm x 50 cm

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Description by the gallery owner

This artwork is the result of a collaboration between Gianpiero and Angelo Accardi, masterfully uniting two distinct yet complementary artistic worlds. The scene takes place inside a museum, home to Vermeer's famous Girl with a Pearl Earring. However, the setting is immediately transformed by a provocative touch: Gianpiero's iconic teddy bear sits atop Robert Indiana's sculpture "Hope," a choice that symbolizes both the irony and optimism of pop culture.
The teddy bear, spray can in hand, has just graffitied Vermeer's painting, tracing the outline of a teddy bear around the girl's face. This transgressive gesture is not just a rebellious act, but an ironic fusion of styles that challenges the traditional concept of art, blending the classical and the modern, the pictorial and the digital.
On the opposite side of the scene, Angelo Accardi's iconic ostrich, depicted in profile, observes the teddy bear as if a silent and perplexed witness to this act of artistic vandalism. The ostrich, a recurring symbol in Accardi's work, often represents an enigmatic presence, here almost as if judging the teddy bear's intervention.
The work is a perfect example of how two different artistic styles can blend seamlessly and masterfully. On one side, there's Gianpiero's playful, pop provocation; on the other, Accardi's surreal symbolism.

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