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Bazooka Joe Stuning Acrylic on Paper Drawing

$1,800

£1,361.82

€1,571.76

CA$2,514.10

A$2,795.20

CHF 1,463.12

MX$34,282.18

NOK 18,629.19

SEK 17,588.16

DKK 11,728.96

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This acrylic on paper artwork by Israeli artist Bazooka Joe is a striking piece that blends surrealism, street art aesthetics, and underground comic influences. The composition features a dynamically contorted figure in black attire, suspended in motion. The character's face is an arresting focal point, adorned with multiple piercing blue eyes embedded within elongated black forms, giving it an eerie and almost supernatural presence. The text "MILAGRASIR" and "FORMAT." appears prominently on the left side, evoking the feel of an album cover or zine-style poster. The character is detailed with occult-like symbols on their body, including a crescent moon, a star, and a stylized pink emblem resembling a flaming eye. The skeletal hand, emphasized by black talon-like nails and a spiral symbol, adds to the macabre aesthetic. Bazooka Joe’s use of high-contrast colors—predominantly black, orange, red, and blue—enhances the dramatic intensity of the piece. The character’s outstretched limbs and the chaotic arrangement of elements create a sense of movement and transformation, as if they are caught mid-action in a dreamlike or nightmarish sequence. The presence of a green tag labeled "XRIVLIO" and the artist’s signature "BASOOKA JOE" situates the piece within an urban, possibly punk or DIY artistic lineage. The work embodies a fusion of esoteric, cyberpunk, and gothic themes, making it a visually arresting and conceptually layered creation. Bazooka Joe, born Adi Mendel (55), grew up in Bat Yam, the only son of a real estate and car dealer father and a housewife mother. It was a wealthy family that lacked almost nothing - except what a child really needs. Says and does not specify. "My mother would draw. Not for a living, because she did not have to work, but as a hobby. I, perhaps in response to my mother's attitude, could not stand paintings. I hated colors. I did not touch the brush. At the end it is probably in the DNA. When he became a drug addict, his family members, including his brother from his father's late marriage, turned their backs on him. "I had no one to ask for help from, " he says, "so I started breaking the law, mostly on property offenses, to fund the drugs. I did it reluctantly, with great sorrow. 'Forced crime, ' I call it." The drug addiction and crime brought him to a total of six years behind bars, with all this time a tremendous talent hidden deep within him and not knowing how to break out. "I saw death with my own eyes, " says Bazooka Joe, mentioning, once again, how long the distance is between someone who was so close to ending his life in a tiny cell, alone, and someone who is gaining fame today. His talent stood out from the canvas in the eyes of anyone who witnessed his paintings. He asked his stage name from the character on the gum covers. "Bazooka Joe was a sniper in the United States Army and I was a sniper with a paintbrush, " he explains. "Plus, I connect to the naivety of the bright colors." His works also began to make waves among those interested in the field of art. He left the gallery three years ago, after his works were priced at well over a thousand dollars. Among the buyers of Bazooka Joe's art are businessman, controlling shareholder and CEO Castro Gabi Rotter, publicist Rani Rahav and the Wertheimer industrialist family. They are now joined by another satisfied customer - the prison service. Today, Bazooka Joe focuses on art. Addiction to creation has replaced drug addiction, "but it's a good addiction, " he says. To close a circle with his rough past, the artist painted with the approval of the Tel Aviv Municipality on the walls of the Abu Kabir Prison

Dimensions:

Height: 12.6 in (32 cm)Width: 15.75 in (40 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)

Style:

Post-Modern (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Acrylic,Paper,Hand-Painted

Place of Origin:

Israel

Period:

2010-

Date of Manufacture:

2020

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use.

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