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Untitled (Fuck!)
2024
This contemporary painting by Sharrissa Iqbal features a minimalist depiction of an open cigarette pack, prominently displaying the expletive "Fuck!". Rendered in a muted palette of light blues, grays, and beige, the artwork combines pop art sensibilities with a stark, direct message, inviting contemplation on consumer culture and personal frustration. It is a striking piece for collectors interested in modern commentary and bold graphic art.
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- Acrylic and silkscreen on canvas
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This piece might be titled "Untitled (Fuck!)", created in 2024
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Ed Ruscha
American · b. 1937

Ruscha is renowned for paintings and silkscreens that place bold, confrontational text against spare, minimalist backgrounds, directly paralleling Iqbal's use of an expletive as graphic focal point. His work similarly blends pop art sensibility with everyday consumer objects and deadpan social commentary.

John Baldessari
American · b. 1931

Baldessari combined text, graphic imagery, and conceptual provocation in ways that closely mirror Iqbal's fusion of blunt language with mundane consumer packaging. His muted palettes and direct textual confrontation within a pop art framework share the same visual and critical DNA as this piece.

Barbara Kruger
American · b. 1945

Kruger's practice of embedding sharp, unfiltered text within graphic imagery to critique consumer culture and power structures aligns closely with Iqbal's use of a stark expletive on a cigarette pack. Both artists use bold typographic interventions and restrained color palettes to provoke immediate emotional and social reflection.
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