CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY: ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE

SIGNATURE: SIGNED ORIGINALLY

EDITION: UNIQUE

YEAR: 2023

SUPPORT: CANVAS

TECHNIQUE: OIL

DIMENSIONS: 90 CM X 60 CM

Description provided by the Gallery

Mark Zwirner imagines the great masters of art, such as Picasso, Basquiat, and Haring, in the age of social networks. Paintings are transformed into posts or live streams on Instagram, where the artists become true stars even in the digital universe.
Their images collect thousands of likes and comments, while the live streams are followed by a vast audience. Zwirner imagines what the lives of these great artists would have been like if they had been born in our contemporary era, obviously endowed with the famous blue checkmark, a symbol of their popularity.
On the posts, represented as works of art, there is no shortage of ironic or surreal comments from other artists: Marc Chagall, for example, leaves a smiling emoji under a photo of Picasso. Even in the live streams, interventions by iconic personalities of the 20th century appear, mixing the past and the present.
With this approach, Mark Zwirner transforms the social network into a true work of art, celebrating the icons of the 20th century. His vision combines Pop Art with Hyperrealism.

This artwork was selected thanks to the partnership between Danilo Cascella Premium Store and Daniele Comelli Art .