Champagne Chaos (2026) Original Acrylic Painting by Kristina Mallen

In this elegant and provocative diptych of two works, I explore champagne as a symbolic material of desire, control, and collapse. In the first piece, a refined female figure interacts with a tall champagne pyramid, reaching for a single glass at its core.

This decisive gesture disrupts the fragile order: glasses fall, champagne spills, and symmetry dissolves into fluid chaos. Set against a deep red background with black and white contrasts, the scene merges classic chic aesthetics with pop-art tension and minimalist clarity, evoking sensuality and the choice of desire over stability.

In the second work, an elegant gentleman in a tuxedo stands against the same cinematic red atmosphere as a bottle of champagne erupts upward in an explosive, choreographed burst. The liquid becomes a metaphor for emotional overflow, freedom, and excess, transforming celebration into disruption.

Together, the diptych builds a dialogue between precision and release, structure and explosion.

Materials used:

Acrylic

Details:

• Acrylic painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 100 x 50 x 1cm (unframed) / 100 x 50cm (actual image size)
• Signed on the front
• Style: Graphic, illustrative and typographic
• Subject: People and portraits