"MONEY JACK" A PORTRAIT OF A MON$TER, A LEGEND, AND A WARNING!
IN THIS WORK, $KINY $KI MA$K MANIFE$TS HIS REBELLION THROUGH AN IMAGE OF HOLLYWOOD’$ DARKEST ICON – JACK NICHOL$ON.
THE PORTRAIT SHATTERS THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN FICTION AND REALITY. WE ENCOUNTER NICHOL$ON TRAPPED IN A TERRIFYING LIMBO BETWEEN TWO OF HIS MO$T ICONIC $HADOW FIGURES - THE MANIC MOMENT FROM THE SHINING & THE SADI$TIC CHARMER FROM BATMAN - THE JOKER, WHO $ELLS HIS $OUL FOR LAUGHS AND POWER.
THE RESULT I$ A HYPER-$TYLIZED, MONOCHROMATIC FACE, RIPPED OPEN BY NEON COLORS AND VISUAL REFERENCES TO LUXURY AND OVERCONSUMPTION. A SYMBIO$IS OF MADNE$$, MOCKERY, AND P$YCHOLOGICAL TERROR.
THE TITLE “MONEY JACK” POINTS TO NICHOL$ON’S LEGENDARY BATMAN DEAL, WHERE HE $ECURED NOT ONLY A RECORD-BREAKING SALARY, BUT A LIFELONG PERCENTAGE OF THE FILM’S PROFIT$, MERCHANDISE, AND EVEN FUTURE BATMAN PRODUCTIONS. A MOVE THAT EARNED HIM UP TO 90 MILLION DOLLAR$. HOLLYWOOD DUBBED HIM “JACK THE MONEY” – OR $IMPLY “MONEY.”
FOR $KINY, THIS IS NOT JU$T A TRIBUTE, BUT A COMMENTARY: A PICTURE OF THE PRICE OF FAME, OF HOW EVEN LAUGHTER AND MADNESS CAN BE CAPITALIZED.
THE RAW THROWUPS OF GRAFFITI ARE WOVEN IN AS A $IGNATURE – $KINY’S PERSONAL TAG AND PORTAL MARK. THEY BIND THE WORK TOGETHER LIKE A CODE FROM THE UNDERGROUND, A TRACE OF AN ALIEN CRITICIZING BOTH THE $TAR SY$TEM AND THE CORRUPT $OCIETY BEHIND IT.
"MONEY JACK" I$ THEREFORE BOTH PORTRAIT AND PROPHECY - A MIRROR OF POWER, WEALTH, AND THE ETERNAL $TRUGGLE BETWEEN FREEDOM AND CAPTIVITY.
A PIECE BY "$KINY $KI MA$K"