{"id":4557,"date":"2009-07-13T23:36:16","date_gmt":"2009-07-13T21:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dutygorn.com\/artworks\/pop-optikal\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T16:19:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T14:19:24","slug":"pop-optikal","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.dutygorn.com\/en\/artworks\/pop-optikal\/","title":{"rendered":"Pop-OptiKaL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:20px;--awb-background-color:#ffffff;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_5_6 5_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:83.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.304%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:30px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.304%;--awb-width-medium:83.333333333333%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.304%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.304%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1 fusion-text-no-margin aforisma\" style=\"--awb-font-size:43px;--awb-line-height:1.6;--awb-text-color:#2c2c2c;--awb-margin-bottom:30px;\"><p>In my work, I use letters as a starting point to create new systems, which I reveal through the works. The idea is that there is something hidden in my paintings, something encoded within them. The reading can vary from work to work and can be seen as a narrative.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1547\" alt=\"Pop-OptiKaL, contemporary portrait painting by DutyGorn\" title=\"pop optikal\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dutygorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dutygorn_pop_optikal.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.dutygorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dutygorn_pop_optikal.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-2306\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271400%27%20height%3D%271547%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201400%201547%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271400%27%20height%3D%271547%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutygorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dutygorn_pop_optikal-200x221.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.dutygorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dutygorn_pop_optikal-400x442.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.dutygorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dutygorn_pop_optikal-600x663.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.dutygorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dutygorn_pop_optikal-800x884.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.dutygorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dutygorn_pop_optikal-1200x1326.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.dutygorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/dutygorn_pop_optikal.jpg 1400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"--awb-font-size:22px;--awb-text-color:#2c2c2c;--awb-margin-top:20px;\"><p><strong>Pop-OptiKaL<\/strong> acrylic on canvas 40\u00d750 cm &#8211; 2009<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p><strong>Artwork Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"543\" data-end=\"563\"><strong data-start=\"543\" data-end=\"553\">Series<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutygorn.com\/en\/portraits\/\">Portrait<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"565\" data-end=\"578\"><strong data-start=\"565\" data-end=\"573\">Year<\/strong><br \/>\n2009<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"580\" data-end=\"606\"><strong data-start=\"580\" data-end=\"592\">Location<\/strong><br \/>\nMilano, Italy<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"608\" data-end=\"694\"><strong data-start=\"608\" data-end=\"624\">Exhibited at<\/strong><br \/>\nOreaMalia Atelier, Milan<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 &#091;&#093;\"><strong>Press coverage<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutygorn.com\/monsieur\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Monsieur, novembre 2009<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"696\" data-end=\"743\"><strong data-start=\"696\" data-end=\"709\">Materials<\/strong><br \/>\nAcrylic on canvas<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"745\" data-end=\"772\"><strong data-start=\"745\" data-end=\"759\">Dimensions<\/strong><br \/>\n40 \u00d7 50 cm<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"774\" data-end=\"808\"><strong data-start=\"774\" data-end=\"786\">Category<\/strong><br \/>\nContemporary portrait<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"810\" data-end=\"870\"><strong data-start=\"810\" data-end=\"820\">Themes<br \/>\n<\/strong>Portraiture, Fragmentation, lettering, Color, pop<\/p>\n<\/div><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n  \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n  \"@graph\": [\n    {\n      \"@type\": \"VisualArtwork\",\n      \"@id\": \"https:\/\/www.dutygorn.com\/en\/artworks\/pop-optikal\/#artwork\",\n      \"url\": \"https:\/\/www.dutygorn.com\/en\/artworks\/pop-optikal\/\",\n      \"name\": \"Pop-OptiKaL\",\n      \"alternateName\": [\n        \"Pop-OptiKaL by DutyGorn\",\n        \"Pop Optikal DutyGorn\"\n      ],\n      \"description\": \"Pop-OptiKaL is a contemporary portrait created by DutyGorn in 2009. 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