Pop (2025) Original Mixed-media Painting by Bryan Scariano
76.2 x 101.6 x 3.81cm (unframed) / 76.2 x 101.6cm (actual image size)
£2,974.87
Original artwork description
"Pop" emerges as a lively mixed-media collage, weaving together recycled fragments to evoke the pulse of pop culture and consumerism, spanning 30 x 40 inches. Its chaotic backdrop collages vintage comic strips, yellowed newspaper snippets, and bold advertisements from mid-20th-century America, where faded cartoon figures banter amid headlines and product pitches, all artfully weathered with rips, smudges, and patina for a wistful, timeworn aura. Dominating the core is a captivating bullseye, pieced from salvaged cardboard soda carriers: swirling rings of Pepsi's vivid blue, red, and white motifs—like "Pepsi-Cola" and "Bottle of Pepsi"—interlock with Coca-Cola shards, centered on the stark "Coke" emblem, punctuated by sly nods such as a "Mead Bottle Master" label that underscores the fizzy feud. This textured opus slyly skewers mass indulgence and brand battles while toasting the quirky charm of Americana, inviting contemplation of advertising's allure, and society's castoffs.
Materials used:
resin, comics, cardboard carrier, wood
Details:
- Mixed-media painting on Other
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 76.2 x 101.6 x 3.81cm (unframed) / 76.2 x 101.6cm (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the back
- Style: Abstract
- Subject: Abstract and non-figurative
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Original artwork description
"Pop" emerges as a lively mixed-media collage, weaving together recycled fragments to evoke the pulse of pop culture and consumerism, spanning 30 x 40 inches. Its chaotic backdrop collages vintage comic strips, yellowed newspaper snippets, and bold advertisements from mid-20th-century America, where faded cartoon figures banter amid headlines and product pitches, all artfully weathered with rips, smudges, and patina for a wistful, timeworn aura. Dominating the core is a captivating bullseye, pieced from salvaged cardboard soda carriers: swirling rings of Pepsi's vivid blue, red, and white motifs—like "Pepsi-Cola" and "Bottle of Pepsi"—interlock with Coca-Cola shards, centered on the stark "Coke" emblem, punctuated by sly nods such as a "Mead Bottle Master" label that underscores the fizzy feud. This textured opus slyly skewers mass indulgence and brand battles while toasting the quirky charm of Americana, inviting contemplation of advertising's allure, and society's castoffs.
Materials used:
resin, comics, cardboard carrier, wood
Details:
- Mixed-media painting on Other
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 76.2 x 101.6 x 3.81cm (unframed) / 76.2 x 101.6cm (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the back
- Style: Abstract
- Subject: Abstract and non-figurative
