Artist: 70 x 70 cm
Category: Original artwork
Dimensions: 70 x 70 x 3 cm
Original artwork by Kristin Kossi 2023. Acrylic, collage, spray paint on canvas. Matt UV-firnis, signed in front and dated in the back, artwork comes ready to hang.
About the artwork:
They say ambition knows no bounds, but for Garfield, it knows no species either. Garfield the mogul cat, with one paw in the air expertly grabbing for success, and reminding you to stay hungry at all times. He is on a mission to fill his mioney bag to the brim - because lets face it, a cat`s gotta have his lasagna and live large!


My work explores freedom in its many forms through pop culture, ambition, nature and the choices that shape the way we live. In my Pop Art, familiar characters and cultural symbols become a language for exploring success, money, love, independence and the contradictions of contemporary life. Icons such as Scrooge McDuck, Mr. Monopoly, Bugs Bunny and Homer Simpson are removed from their familiar narratives and placed into new ones sometimes humorous, sometimes provocative, but always reflecting something about the world we live in and what we choose to value. Alongside this, my abstract work has evolved through a closer connection to nature. Living and working between wild landscapes in South Africa has shifted my perspective from the symbols of success toward something more elemental — land, time, movement, solitude and the freedom that comes from living closer to nature. What connects these seemingly different bodies of work is a continuing search for freedom. Freedom to succeed. Freedom to question. Freedom to change. And ultimately, freedom to live life on your own terms. I believe art can shift perspective. For me, creativity is not only a way of making images, but a way of understanding life — and continually redefining what truly matters.
