71 x 71 cm
Built to be free (Autonomy)
Built to be free (Autonomy)
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Product Details:
- Title: Built to be free
- Artist: Kristin Kossi
- Year created: 2026
- Dimensions: 71 x 71 cm x 3 cm
- Style: Pop Art, Graffiti Art
- Signature: Signed by the artist on reverse
- Condition: 1/1 Original painting
- Medium: Acrylic, spray paint, collage, oil stick on paper
- Framing: Unframed original artwork on canvas, ready to hang
- Shipping: Free worldwide shipping
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About the Artwork:
Built to Be Free (Autonomy) marks the beginning of Kristin Kossi’s Sovereign Series — a body of work exploring what comes after success.
For years, Kossi’s pop art celebrated the visual language of ambition: champagne, money, and the thrill of the win. In this new chapter, the narrative shifts from accumulation to autonomy.
In this powerful composition, Scrooge McDuck stands firmly on open land, surveying a vast horizon. Beneath his feet, architectural blueprints, land contours, and symbolic gold elements merge into the landscape — suggesting the transformation of wealth into something more permanent: territory, freedom, and control over one’s own time.
The modern mountain structure in the background represents a retreat from noise and excess — a place where success is no longer measured by display, but by independence.
Rendered in Kossi’s bold pop language while introducing deeper symbolism and grounded tones, the work balances playful cultural iconography with a more mature reflection on achievement.
Built to Be Free (Autonomy) invites the viewer to consider the ultimate evolution of ambition: not just building wealth, but building a life that answers to no one.
Artist Thoughts:
With the Sovereign Series, I started to think about what actually happens after success.
For many years my work explored the visual language of ambition — money, champagne, luxury symbols, the excitement of winning. But over time I realized that for many self-made people, success is only the first chapter. At some point the focus shifts. It is no longer about proving something to the world.
It becomes about freedom.
Built to Be Free (Autonomy) reflects that moment of transition. The moment when success stops being about accumulation and begins to transform into independence.
Instead of placing Scrooge McDuck inside a vault of coins, I placed him on open land. The coins beneath him are no longer chaotic; they start to integrate into the ground, turning into plans, territory and structure. Wealth becomes something that supports freedom rather than something that needs to be displayed.
For me, the real luxury of success is not status — it is autonomy.
The ability to choose how you live, where you are, and what you build next.
This piece reflects that idea: the shift from chasing success to owning your life.
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Shipping & Returns
Shipping & Returns
Free shipping included. Shipping usually takes 3 to 8 days. Double bubble wrapped inside cardboard box. Return is possible within 14 day withdrawal period, starting on the day you receive the creation.
Guaranty
Guaranty
Original work delivered with a certificate of authenticity by Kristin Kossi.
My work lives at the intersection of bold pop culture and personal reflection. Through layered textures, iconic characters, and unexpected juxtapositions, I explore the contradictions of modern life — glamour and grit, success and satire, chaos and clarity. Much of my work reimagines familiar faces — from cartoon legends to luxury icons — not to glorify them, but to question them, twist them, and ultimately make them my own. Characters like Mr. Monopoly, Bugs Bunny, or Homer Simpson become vessels to talk about ambition, abundance, and the absurdity of our times. It’s all pop — but it’s also deeply personal.
At the heart of it, I believe in art as transformation. I believe in creativity not just as a medium, but as a way of life — to shift perspective, to provoke thought, and to connect.