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Mr. Happy

Mr. Happy with FAMOUS in his teeth — the only word he ever needed. A hand reaching up from below, a heart in the gut he forgot he had. The smile that became the prison.

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// At scale
60 × 80 cm178 CM · 5'10"
Hung at museum height, 145 cm to centre
Year
2025
Medium
Acrylic and oil stick on canvas
Dimensions
60 × 80 cm
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The King by tijo (2025), 80 × 60 cm acrylic and oil stick on canvas. A neo-expressionist portrait painting of a blue-skinned king with white asterisk eyes and KING stencilled across his teeth, holding an ice cream cone scepter. Vivid orange, yellow, purple, and red color blocking. Surrounded by the words BLOOD, DIMOND, DESTINY, CREAM, ABS · SS, MIX and dollar signs.
The King
Untitled by tijo (2025), 80 × 80 cm acrylic and oil stick on canvas. A neo-expressionist portrait of a blue-skinned head with a pink brain visible through the skull, a single red eye, a square-toothed grin, and a red horn at the crown. A DNA double helix marked with a TM stamp sits on the left of the canvas; a pink hand reaches up on the right. A red heart is centered in the chest. Surrounded by floating dollar and euro symbols on a yellow-orange ground.
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