Dimitri Likissas (1969) - Coca Cola Bottle #2

Coca Cola Bottle #2 is a 30 × 60 cm original painting in Dimitri Likissas’ distinctive dot-based visual language. The familiar silhouette of the Coca-Cola bottle is reconstructed entirely through carefully placed black and red dots, allowing the image to shift between abstraction and recognition depending on the viewer’s distance.

Up close, the work is a precise field of individual painted dots. Step back, and one of the most recognizable objects of modern consumer culture suddenly appears. The contrast between mechanical-looking repetition and the physical presence of a hand-painted canvas is central to the work.

The painting is executed on canvas and professionally stretched over premium artist wooden stretcher bars, 3 cm thick, giving the work a substantial, gallery-quality presence. The narrow 30 × 60 cm format deliberately echoes the vertical proportions of the bottle itself.

Coca Cola Bottle is an open edition, allowing collectors access to this recognizable series in a smaller format. This particular work is No. 2.

A particularly attractive opportunity to acquire one of the earliest examples from the series, combining Likissas’ established dot technique with an instantly recognizable icon of popular culture.

Title: Coca Cola Bottle #2
Artist: Dimitri Likissas
Dimensions: 30 × 60 cm
Medium: Painting on canvas
Support: Premium artist wooden stretcher, 3 cm deep
Edition: Open edition — No. 2
Condition: New / directly from the artist

Returns: excluded

As these are unique originals, i.e., one-off paintings, these works are treated as commissioned pieces.

Why Collect a Dimitri Likissas Work

Dimitri Likissas has developed a highly recognizable visual language built entirely around the dot. Rather than treating pointillism as a decorative effect, he uses the dot as a complete image-making system: viewed closely, the work becomes an abstract field of individual marks; from a distance, the image resolves into a clear and immediately recognizable subject.

This consistency is important for collectors. Across his practice, Likissas has created a coherent body of work in which the technique is instantly identifiable as his own. His subjects move between popular culture, portraiture, classical references and contemporary symbols, while the underlying visual language remains unmistakably consistent.

Born into a Belgian-Greek background, Likissas brings together European artistic tradition with the direct visual impact of contemporary Pop Art. His work is designed to operate on two levels at once: technically precise and visually rewarding up close, yet bold enough to command a room from a distance.

For collectors, smaller works such as Coca Cola Bottle #2 provide an accessible entry point into this established body of work without sacrificing the essential elements of the artist's practice. At 30 × 60 cm, this piece retains the hand-painted dot technique, physical canvas surface and strong graphic presence of the larger works.

This example is especially interesting because it is No. 2 in the open edition, making it one of the earliest works produced in this format. It offers collectors the opportunity to acquire a distinctive and immediately recognizable Dimitri Likissas work at a significantly more accessible scale than his larger gallery pieces.