TALASKY - King’s Gambit: Trap of the Crown 1/1 (No Reserve)

King’s Gambit: Trap of the Crown
Mixed-media artwork by TALASKY
Framed size: 27 x 27 x 6 cm
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TALASKY (b. 1990), born as Gyula Takacs, is a multidisciplinary hungarian artist, graduated architect, and industrial designer. His work blends structural thinking with conceptual expression, using both digital and handcrafted techniques. The artist has received international awards and recognitions in design and art, and his artworks have been collected and sold in monre than 20 countries across Europe, Asia, and North America. He has exhibited his work in both solo and group exhibitions in Europe, including Milan, Helsinki, Berlin and Budapest. Under the artist name TALASKY, he creates bold, pop-up mixed-media pieces that explore geometry, vivid color combinations, strategy, and the poetic tension of the chessboard. As a chess player, he brings strategic insight directly into his art.

In “King’s Gambit: Trap of the Crown,” TALASKY transforms the iconic opening into a vivid sculptural moment frozen mid-strategy. The yellow-black board becomes a field of tension: sunlight against shadow, risk against restraint. The King’s Gambit, one of chess’s boldest openings, trades safety for initiative; here, that psychological gamble is made physical.

The piece features 3D-printed abstract chess forms, suspended in a shallow relief that blurs the line between image and object. Figures that have fallen in the battle are placed outside the frame, a signature element in TALASKY’s work. Their exile symbolizes the pieces that once shaped the narrative but no longer participate in it a quiet tribute to sacrifice, consequence, and the unseen forces that define every victory.

As both an artist and a chess player, TALASKY uses the board as a metaphor for human decision-making: sixty-four squares as a complete world, each move a declaration of intent. The vibrant color contrast heightens the drama, turning strategy into a visual pulse.