Angelo Pioppo (1986) - Bleu Klein

Poster in Offset Printing
Edition of 50 on matte art paper 190g.
Numbered, signed, and dated.
Artist's watermark in watermark.
Comes with a certificate of authenticity.
Dimensions: 40 x 60 cm - 23.6 x 15.7 in
In very good condition.
The artwork 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 'Delicious' followed by 'DOLPHIN SOUP' in red and black. In the center, an illustration of a smiling dolphin is framed by a yellow sun. The style recalls vintage can aesthetics.

The work uses the familiar imagery of a soup can to create a striking and ironic contrast. The dolphin, generally perceived as an intelligent and friendly creature, is presented as an ingredient in a marketed dish. This subtly, even sarcastically, criticizes the consumption and exploitation of animals, highlighting human insensitivity towards wildlife. The name 'Flipper,' associated with a benevolent television series about a dolphin, further reinforces this irony.

The work thus plays on the ambiguity between the familiarity of the product and the controversy of the main ingredient. It encourages reflection on our consumption habits and their impact on the environment and animal welfare.

Angelo Pioppo (1986)

A graduate of the École du Louvre and a member of the prestigious Fondation Taylor, founded in 1844, Angelo Pioppo is a French artist born in 1986 whose promising talent has attracted the attention of the public and collectors.

Nourished by his numerous travels around the world, his art takes many forms. Angelo Pioppo began his career as a photojournalist for an agency, then continued his creative passion by taking up painting and drawing.

From Cuba to Mauritania's Sahara, passing through the United States of America and South Africa, Angelo Pioppo makes the Earth an inexhaustible source of inspiration. He thus takes ownership of a kaleidoscope with a thousand colors and reuses in his works mythical figures he has encountered along the way.

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

Thus, in a fully acknowledged relationship with its elders, it revisits, for example, Andy Warhol's Campbell's Tomato Soup Cans, adapting them to the most contemporary issues and, in passing, denouncing the excesses of 21st-century consumer society. We then find the special cans labeled 'Cocaine,' 'Subprime Crisis,' 'Molotov Cocktail,' or even 'Plutonium'…

Pioppo also dedicates one of its preserves to Yves Klein Blue, a color that today bears the name of the father of post-war pictorial avant-garde: Klein blue.

The ultra-colorful and uncompromising painting by Angelo Pioppo is imbued with a certain transgression that constantly invites the viewer to reflection and daydreaming. Over five centuries, one can attempt a comparison between Pioppo and the Italian Giuseppe Arcimboldo, known for his 'Four Seasons.' Two men with a unique vision of the world.

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