MASTER CUTS OUT THE STONE (after Hemessen)

Dimensions: 56 x 40 inch
Medium: Oil on canvas

MASTER CUTS OUT THE STONE (after Hemessen) merges Renaissance medical allegory with digital culture, appropriating Jan Sanders van Hemessen's 1550 painting The Surgeon — a scene depicting the fraudulent extraction of a "stone of madness" from a patient's forehead. Here, Pepe assumes the surgeon's role in a satirical commentary on extraction, charlatanism, and belief systems. Set against the backdrop of Bitcoin anime imagery and internet folklore, the painting examines who extracts and who is extracted from within the cycles of memetic warfare and speculative mythology.

Unframed. Ships from Nashville, TN. Framing, insurance, and international crating available on request. Condition report available to serious inquiries prior to purchase.