Dystopian art for sale by Lobsang Durney. Knight on a chessboard, with queen’s head on fire and a horse.  Main view
Dystopian art for sale by Lobsang Durney. Knight on a chessboard, with queen’s head on fire and a horse.  Queen’s head
Dystopian art for sale by Lobsang Durney. Knight on a chessboard, with queen’s head on fire and a horse.  Tower on fire
Dystopian art for sale by Lobsang Durney. Knight on a chessboard, with queen’s head on fire and a horse.  Closeup
Dystopian art for sale by Lobsang Durney. Knight on a chessboard, with queen’s head on fire and a horse.  On a white wall
Dystopian art for sale by Lobsang Durney. Knight on a chessboard, with queen’s head on fire and a horse.  On a blue wall

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I have always liked chess and each piece contains a universe of its own. As a game, we know that it simulates combat, once this condition is transferred to the bishop, he is involved in the chaos that war generates. I use various visual parameters as a creative medium, the first and most representative is "out of scale", placing recognizable and sometimes everyday elements on a larger, large plane, one that generates human habitability. As an architect I combine the bishop piece in a building, with an anachronistic facade, this is another characteristic that I always try to paint in my paintings, where different architectural styles appear. This bishop has the exhausting effects of battle but still stands, although further in the background is a menacing enemy knight willing to avenge the death of his queen by the bishop himself.

 

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Technique Dimensions
Gallery Wrapped Canvas Print
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Framing From
Heavy wood stretcher bars Valparaíso, Chile

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Canvas Print

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Is this artwork original? How is it framed?
This artwork is a very accurate reproduction of the original work. It is what's called a "giclée" or a "fine art print". The original of this work has been carefully scanned in our workshop in San Francisco to produce these museum-quality reproductions.
 
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