Angelo Pioppo (1986) - Bleu Klein

Offset Lithograph
Edition of 50 on 190g Mat Art paper.
Numbered, signed and dated.
Artist's seal watermark.
Comes with a certificate of authenticity.
Dimensions: 40 x 60 cm - 23.6 x 15.7 in
In very good condition.
The work is sold without a frame.

This image is an artistic representation of a dolphin soup can, a nod to Andy Warhol's cans. The can is blue and white, with the word “Flipper.” Below, there is Japanese text that reads “Delicious” followed by “DOLPHIN SOUP” in red and black. In the center, a smiling dolphin illustration is framed by a yellow sun. The style recalls the aesthetic of vintage canned goods.

The work uses the familiar imagery of a soup can to create a striking and ironic contrast. The dolphin, typically perceived as an intelligent and friendly creature, is presented as an ingredient in a marketed dish. This creates a subtle, even sarcastic, critique of consumption and animal exploitation, highlighting the potential insensitivity of humans toward wildlife. The name “Flipper,” associated with a benevolent dolphin TV series, further reinforces this irony.

Thus the piece plays on the ambiguity between the product's familiarity and the controversy of the main ingredient. It invites reflection on our consumption habits and their impact on the environment and animal welfare.

Angelo Pioppo (1986)

Graduate of the École du Louvre and member of the prestigious Taylor Foundation founded in 1844, Angelo Pioppo is a French artist born in 1986 whose promising talent has captured the public’s and collectors’ attention.

Driven by his numerous travels around the globe, his art takes many forms. Angelo Pioppo began his career as a photojournalist for an agency, then pursued his creative passion and turned to painting and drawing.

From Cuba to the Sahara of Mauritania, via the United States and South Africa, Angelo Pioppo makes the Earth an inexhaustible source of inspiration. He thus fashions a kaleidoscope of a thousand colors and reuses in his works mythical figures he has encountered along the way.

Inspired by the pioneers of contemporary art and notably the fathers of pop art and neo-expressionism of the New York scene, Angelo Pioppo constantly pays homage to them in expressive and structured original works.

Thus, in a completely self-assured dialogue with his predecessors, he revisits for example Andy Warhol's Campbell's Tomato Soup Cans, adapting them to the most contemporary issues and denouncing the excesses of 21st-century consumer society. We then find special cans such as “Cocaine,” “Subprime Crisis,” “Molotov Cocktail,” or “Plutonium.”

Pioppo also dedicates one of his cans to Yves Klein's Blue, a color that today carries the name of the father of postwar avant-garde painting: Yves Klein Blue.

The ultra-colorful and uncompromising painting of Angelo Pioppo is imbued with a certain transgression that continually invites the viewer to reflection and waking dreams. Across five centuries of interval, one could compare Pioppo with Italian Giuseppe Arcimboldo, known for his “Four Seasons.” Two men with a unique vision of the world.

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