Bask 'The Future Looks Bright' Original Available

Artist: Bask
Title: The Future Looks Bright
Medium: Acrylic, Latex, Enamel on Wood
Size: 24 x 27 x 1.75 Inches
Edition: UNIQUE
Price: $1,400

 

Ales Bask Hostomsky, known simply as Bask, is a Florida based artist born in communist Czechoslovakia, whose work bridges street art, fine art, and social commentary. Fleeing to the United States in the 1980s, he developed a unique artistic lens that equates the propaganda of his youth with American consumer advertising, highlighting how both serve to manipulate and command attention. His moniker acts as an acronym for Because Art Should Kill, signaling an intent to create powerful, disruptive images. Bask produces rich, textural canvases, often utilizing wood and heavily layered paint to create, then break down, iconic imagery. His aesthetic is marked by a raw, gritty, and often dark emotional tone, pulling from the flotsam and jetsam of urban consumer decay. Rather than seeking perfect, polished results, he focuses on the imperfections of the creative process, frequently tearing down and rebuilding pieces to achieve a sense of "deconstruction." His work has been displayed in cities across the nation and was featured in the film Iron Man 3. Bask’s, anti iconic, works serve as a, mirror to society, challenging the viewer to question the absurdity of the status quo and the, conformist nature of mass media. Through a masterful combination of graffiti techniques and, fine art sensibilities he has solidified a reputation as an impactful voice in urban art circles that blurs the lines between high and low culture.