Description

CALEB SCREPNEK is a Canadian artist based in Berlin. Calebs’s work focuses on photorealistic subjects. He often seeks to distil the essence of a subject, focusing on its mood and attempting to bring a sense of clarity to a topic, through a use of street art techniques. All of Caleb’s work is rooted in a love for storytelling, and bright colours and crisp lines combine to create playful recreations of everyday scenes. Often his large works poke fun at politics.

The shown artwork caricatures the image of the dictator Kim Jong Un, leader of North Korea. Few things are held more sacred than the polished image of a despotic ruler: given the predilection for revering the leader's image through propaganda campaigns. ‘Kitten Jong-Il’ breaks this spell by defacing Kim Jong Un’s famous portrait with the features of nature’s oldest dictator, the cat.