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By Michalis Karaiskos

Portrait of the artist imagining his own death

Painting
38 x 52 x 4 cm

£2,280.00
About the Artwork

There is no spectacle in this imagined death, only a quiet collapse of boundaries between interior and exterior. The body hovers in a state of detachment, not absence. It isn’t grief that anchors the image, but anticipation — the eerie familiarity of an ending long rehearsed. This is not a final portrait but a looping one, marked by stillness, delay, and muted theatre. What the painting holds is not the death itself, but the desire to look at it without flinching.

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Details

Medium: Painting

Year: 2024

Size: 38 x 52 x 4 cm

Ready to Hang: Yes

The work is an unframed oil painting on stretched linen. It does not have D-rings or wire but can be hung directly from the upper stretcher bar using standard hooks or screws. No special hardware is required.

Michalis Karaiskos

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Michalis Karaiskos (b. 1979, Cyprus) is a visual artist of Cypriot and Greek-Egyptian heritage based in London. He holds an MFA from Goldsmiths, University of London, and an Integrated Master's from the Athens School of Fine Arts. He has exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts (London) and the Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre (Latvia). He won the James H. Pinto Painting Prize (2022) and the K-Droz Art Prize (2020). He will attend the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Residency in 2026.

Hypha Studios Artist: Taste the Difference' at Hypha Gallery East Village in 2023

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