No. 106199765

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Golden Boy (2000) - “SPRAYCAN CUPID” - Unique Original Painting - (1/1)
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€ 203
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3 weeks ago

Golden Boy (2000) - “SPRAYCAN CUPID” - Unique Original Painting - (1/1)

GOLDEN BOY (2000) "SPRAYCAN CUPID" (2026) Unique Original Artwork – 1/1 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Golden Boy has established himself as one of the most distinctive figures of the emerging European Pop & Street Art scene. Through an instantly recognizable universe where graffiti culture, emotion, childhood and universal symbols come together, the artist creates powerful, vibrant and resolutely contemporary works. His visual language combines the raw energy of urban art with positive imagery, childhood innocence and a playful reinterpretation of popular symbols. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ "SPRAYCAN CUPID" With "Spraycan Cupid", Golden Boy reinvents the timeless figure of Cupid for the contemporary urban world, replacing the traditional bow and arrow with the ultimate symbol of Street Art: the spray can. At the centre of the composition, a young winged child appears with arms outstretched, surrounded by an explosion of vivid colour. A halo floats above his head while a spray can becomes his new instrument of expression, transforming the classical messenger of love into a modern urban angel. Rather than shooting arrows, this contemporary Cupid spreads his message through paint. The image creates a playful dialogue between classical symbolism and graffiti culture. The angel, traditionally associated with innocence, protection and love, enters the visual language of the street, where spontaneous gestures, drips and splashes become a new way of communicating emotion. Golden Boy surrounds the figure with an intensely energetic palette. Electric blue, fluorescent yellow, acid green, vivid pink and bright red collide across the surface through splashes, drips, expressive lines and layers of paint. The black graphic outlines of the child contrast dramatically with this explosion of colour, giving the central figure a powerful presence while maintaining the spontaneity and freedom of the composition. The spray can becomes the key symbol of the artwork. In Golden Boy's universe, it is no longer simply a tool associated with graffiti: it becomes an instrument capable of spreading colour, creativity and positive energy. The title "Spraycan Cupid" captures this transformation perfectly. Golden Boy takes an instantly recognizable figure from classical imagery and gives it a contemporary Street Art identity — playful, rebellious and optimistic. The message is simple: love does not need arrows anymore. It can be sprayed directly onto the world. A joyful and highly energetic artwork combining Pop Art, Street Art, childhood imagery and contemporary urban culture. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ DETAILS • Mixed media on canvas • Acrylic, spray paint and mixed media • Dimensions: 40 × 40 cm • Year: 2026 • Unique original artwork (1/1) • Signed by the artist • Certificate of authenticity included • Registered under the title "Spraycan Cupid" • Sold by Pop & Street Art Gallery ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ SHIPPING • Professional high-protection packaging • Fully insured and tracked shipping • Reinforced packaging for international transportation • Prompt dispatch after payment confirmation ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Spraycan Cupid perfectly embodies Golden Boy's playful approach to contemporary urban art, combining the timeless symbolism of the angel with the rebellious energy of graffiti culture. By replacing Cupid's traditional bow and arrow with a spray can, the artist creates a witty and contemporary metaphor for spreading love, colour and creativity throughout the world. Its compact 40 × 40 cm format, explosive palette and instantly recognizable central figure give the work a particularly strong visual presence. A unique original artwork for collectors drawn to contemporary Pop Art and Street Art.

No. 106199765

Sold
Golden Boy (2000) - “SPRAYCAN CUPID” - Unique Original Painting - (1/1)

Golden Boy (2000) - “SPRAYCAN CUPID” - Unique Original Painting - (1/1)

GOLDEN BOY (2000)
"SPRAYCAN CUPID" (2026)
Unique Original Artwork – 1/1
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Golden Boy has established himself as one of the most distinctive figures of the emerging European Pop & Street Art scene.
Through an instantly recognizable universe where graffiti culture, emotion, childhood and universal symbols come together, the artist creates powerful, vibrant and resolutely contemporary works. His visual language combines the raw energy of urban art with positive imagery, childhood innocence and a playful reinterpretation of popular symbols.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
"SPRAYCAN CUPID"
With "Spraycan Cupid", Golden Boy reinvents the timeless figure of Cupid for the contemporary urban world, replacing the traditional bow and arrow with the ultimate symbol of Street Art: the spray can.
At the centre of the composition, a young winged child appears with arms outstretched, surrounded by an explosion of vivid colour. A halo floats above his head while a spray can becomes his new instrument of expression, transforming the classical messenger of love into a modern urban angel.
Rather than shooting arrows, this contemporary Cupid spreads his message through paint.
The image creates a playful dialogue between classical symbolism and graffiti culture. The angel, traditionally associated with innocence, protection and love, enters the visual language of the street, where spontaneous gestures, drips and splashes become a new way of communicating emotion.
Golden Boy surrounds the figure with an intensely energetic palette. Electric blue, fluorescent yellow, acid green, vivid pink and bright red collide across the surface through splashes, drips, expressive lines and layers of paint.
The black graphic outlines of the child contrast dramatically with this explosion of colour, giving the central figure a powerful presence while maintaining the spontaneity and freedom of the composition.
The spray can becomes the key symbol of the artwork. In Golden Boy's universe, it is no longer simply a tool associated with graffiti: it becomes an instrument capable of spreading colour, creativity and positive energy.
The title "Spraycan Cupid" captures this transformation perfectly. Golden Boy takes an instantly recognizable figure from classical imagery and gives it a contemporary Street Art identity — playful, rebellious and optimistic.
The message is simple: love does not need arrows anymore. It can be sprayed directly onto the world.
A joyful and highly energetic artwork combining Pop Art, Street Art, childhood imagery and contemporary urban culture.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
DETAILS
• Mixed media on canvas
• Acrylic, spray paint and mixed media
• Dimensions: 40 × 40 cm
• Year: 2026
• Unique original artwork (1/1)
• Signed by the artist
• Certificate of authenticity included
• Registered under the title "Spraycan Cupid"
• Sold by Pop & Street Art Gallery
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
SHIPPING
• Professional high-protection packaging
• Fully insured and tracked shipping
• Reinforced packaging for international transportation
• Prompt dispatch after payment confirmation
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Spraycan Cupid perfectly embodies Golden Boy's playful approach to contemporary urban art, combining the timeless symbolism of the angel with the rebellious energy of graffiti culture.
By replacing Cupid's traditional bow and arrow with a spray can, the artist creates a witty and contemporary metaphor for spreading love, colour and creativity throughout the world.
Its compact 40 × 40 cm format, explosive palette and instantly recognizable central figure give the work a particularly strong visual presence.
A unique original artwork for collectors drawn to contemporary Pop Art and Street Art.

Final bid
€ 203
No reserve price
Heiko Neitzel
Expert
Gallery Estimate  € 1,000 - € 1,200

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