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Kos Cos

Hong Kong

Painting, Oil on Canvas

Size: 48 W x 72 H x 2 D in

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ABOUT THE ARTWORK

The original painting was based on the incident of George Harrison's angry telegram sent to Richard Nixon after the 1973 immigration troubles in the USA. Recently when I thought about that incident, it was just one incident that happened during the peace and love counterculture revolution that started in the early 60s. But unfortunately, it was a lost battle for the entire human species. And after that, Everything went perfectly wrong. I'm not sure how many people would realize when we look around the world we live in that the impact of this loss is more significant than Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And worse is we still suffer from the mounting aftermath. as a result, we live in an insane world. Most people only care about selfishly making money to get more powerful, funding terrorism, spreading discrimination, haterism and killing people they disagree with. Big corporations are making vast profits by filling our lungs with Hazzard gasses, polluting our water and destroying the natural balance leading us towards global warming. Also, the wrong and harmful messages we are getting from the media effecting future minds. And lastly, I would like to leave you with the thought of Imagining what kind of world we would have been living if peace and love had won the battle.

DETAILS AND DIMENSIONS
Multi-paneled Painting:

Oil on Canvas

Original:

One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:

48 W x 72 H x 2 D in

Number of Panels:

2

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Kos Cos is an abstract artist from Sri Lanka residing in Hong Kong. He is known for his unconventional approach to art, which involves using bold brushstrokes, vivid colours, and movement. By employing innovative techniques of form, geometry, and pattern, Kos Cos explores the nature of human thoughts and the cyclical aspect of life. His art is influenced by the aesthetics of billboard paintings that were prevalent in Sri Lanka during the 1990s, as well as advertising. Kos Cos also received training in cartoon drawing under the tutelage of Sri Lankan cartoonist Mr S. C. Opatha. Kos Cos has exhibited his artwork in both the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. He was a finalist for the 2018 Royal Art Prize and was also chosen as one of the artists for Saatchi Art's inaugural NFT drop, 'The Other Avatars,' in 2022. His art has been acquired by prestigious institutions such as Standard Chartered Bank, HSBC Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences, in addition to private collectors from the United States, United Kingdom, France, Belgium, China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Australia.

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