MARILYN CLASSIC | Pop Art High Gloss Resin Portrait | HYPNOTIQ

An original contemporary artwork by Arian Lori-Amini, known professionally as HYPNOTIQ.
MARILYN CLASSIC renders the most painted, printed and photographed face of the twentieth century as a freestanding bust in high gloss resin, raised on a base of polished mirror spheres set in clear resin.
The work. Created in 2021, the piece enters a tradition that runs through Warhol and finds its own position by changing the medium. Every earlier version of this subject has been flat: silkscreen, print, photograph. Building the face in the round means light has to travel across real planes rather than across a printed surface, and the portrait acquires a physicality no print can reproduce.
The form. A head and shoulders bust worked in saturated pinks and reds, with the hair rendered in a vivid contrasting yellow so the composition reads as pop colour blocking rather than as naturalistic portraiture. The bust sits on a base of polished mirror spheres set in clear resin, which lifts it clear of the surface and throws the colour of the piece back up into its underside.
Colour and finish. Two saturated colours and nothing else, held under a high gloss automotive finish. Every plane of the face catches the light differently, which is what rewards close examination while keeping the silhouette legible from across a room.
Materials and craft. Resin cast bust with acrylics, spray paint, epoxy and hand painted detailing under a high gloss automotive finish, on a base of polished mirror spheres set in clear resin.
For the collector. A console, plinth, entry or vitrine piece for a living room, study, dressing room, boutique or hospitality interior. It sits naturally alongside other pop art portraiture and appeals to collectors building around twentieth century cultural icons.
Specifications
Form: freestanding bust on a base of polished mirror spheres set in clear resin
Materials: resin cast bust, acrylics, spray paint, epoxy, hand painted detailing
Finish: high gloss automotive
Year: 2021
Edition: one of a kind original
Dimensions: available from the studio on request
This work is an independent artistic interpretation by HYPNOTIQ. It is not produced under licence from, endorsed by, or affiliated with any rights holder.
Studio: HYPNOTIQ, Seattle, Washington. Designed, fabricated and hand finished in the artist studio.