Limited Edition of 5 • 2 Sold • 3 Available by Commission
A refined dialogue between Renaissance beauty and contemporary digital aesthetics. In Venus Pixel Remix, the artist revisits one of the most celebrated faces in art history, transforming Botticelli’s iconic Venus into a composition built entirely from physical pixels.
Constructed pixel by pixel using 3,600 individually placed Venetian glass tesserae, the work demonstrates the artist’s mastery of visual synthesis through limitation. Using a carefully selected palette of only five colors, the image achieves remarkable depth, softness, and luminosity while maintaining the structural precision of the pixel grid.
Rather than reproducing the original painting, the mosaic reinterprets it through a visual language shaped by contemporary digital culture. The warm beige palette evokes the patina of classical artworks and ancient sculpture, while the clean transitions and geometric structure recall the aesthetic clarity of vector illustration and high-resolution digital imagery.
This balance between antiquity and modernity creates a distinctive visual tension. From a distance, Venus emerges with surprising delicacy and realism. Up close, the image dissolves into a sophisticated architectural system of color, geometry, and material.
Part of the artist’s ongoing Pixel Remix series, the work reflects a central theme throughout his practice: the transformation of cultural icons into a new visual language where history, technology, and craftsmanship coexist within the same image.
The rapid acquisition of the first two editions confirms its significance within the series and its appeal among collectors interested in the intersection of classical art and contemporary digital culture.
Available by commission.