Created ByKonstantin Bessmertny
Featured at Volta Basel by Artbridger as part of the BK SIGG COLLECTION "Technically Collecting," Bessmertny’s "BE FABULOUS" is a tour de force of painterly wit and conceptual depth. This monumental canvas is a riot of color, iconography, and sly humor-a visual tapestry that both seduces and challenges. At first glance, "BE FABULOUS" dazzles with its exuberant composition and lush surface. But linger, and the painting reveals a labyrinth of references: from art history to pop culture, from the follies of consumerism to the eternal quest for meaning. Bessmertny’s deft hand and irreverent eye transform the canvas into a stage where the fabulous and the farcical collide. It’s a work that embodies the spirit of "Technically Collecting"-questioning, celebrating, and subverting the very act of collecting itself. At first glance, "BE FABULOUS" captivates with its exuberant composition and lush surface. Linger, and the painting reveals a labyrinth of references: from art history to pop culture, from the follies of consumerism to the eternal quest for meaning. Bessmertny’s deft hand and irreverent eye transform the canvas into a stage where the fabulous and the farcical collide. It’s a work that embodies the spirit of "Technically Collecting"—questioning, celebrating, and subverting the very act of collecting itself, while reminding us of the enduring power of revolutionary figures like Bakunin and the moments that made them legends.
