CheckMate. (2026)Acrylic painting
by Viacheslav Zaykin

Sometimes these eyes take your mind.
Sometimes they take your life.
It depends on how seriously you play.

Checkmate is a portrait about control, miscalculation, and the quiet arrogance of believing the game is still fair. The subject doesn’t threaten, persuade, or explain. It simply exists at the moment when resistance becomes decorative.

This is pop art with a sense of humour that’s slightly off.
The colours are confident. The structure is deliberate. The expression is negotiable.

Strategy replaces emotion.
Emotion pretends not to notice.

Executed in mixed media, the surface oscillates between figuration and abstraction, refusing comfort, clarity, or moral conclusions. Like any proper game, it rewards attention and punishes optimism.

If you’re smiling, you’re probably losing.

Details

Title: Checkmate

Dimensions: 116 × 89 cm

Medium: Mixed media on canvas

Style: Contemporary Pop Art

Condition: New

Signed by the artist

Certificate of authenticity included

The painting will be removed from the stretcher and shipped to the collector in a plastic tube to ensure safe transportation of the piece.

Materials used:

mixed media

Details:

• Acrylic painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 89 x 116 x 2cm (unframed)
• Signed on the front
• Style: Urban and Pop
• Subject: People and portraits

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