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Punkmetender
Punkmetender - 692, 2024, Acrylic on Stretched Canvas, Aluminum Butterfly, Diamond Dust

692, 2024

Acrylic on Stretched Canvas, Aluminum Butterfly, Diamond Dust

36 x 36 in 91.4 x 91.4 cm

About this work

Punkmetender has emerged as a distinctive voice in contemporary art, merging street art sensibilities with refined material experimentation. Working under this moniker, the artist has cultivated a practice that bridges underground culture and high art collecting, drawing attention from both emerging and established collectors seeking work that challenges conventional boundaries. *692* exemplifies the artist's signature approach to mixed-media composition. The work combines acrylic painting on stretched canvas with an aluminum butterfly element and diamond dust application, creating a layered visual experience that shifts between surface textures and dimensional form. The butterfly motif, rendered in industrial aluminum rather than ephemeral materials, speaks to themes of transformation and permanence that recur throughout Punkmetender's practice. The incorporation of diamond dust adds luminosity and tactile complexity, a technique that connects the work to a lineage of post-Pop artists while remaining distinctly contemporary in execution. At 36 by 36 inches, the square format provides compositional tension, allowing the butterfly element to occupy space with deliberate presence. The 2024 date positions this piece within the artist's current period of production, representing the ongoing refinement of techniques that have defined recent bodies of work. Punkmetender's ability to balance raw, street-influenced energy with meticulous craftsmanship has positioned the artist as one to watch within the contemporary market, appealing to collectors who value both conceptual depth and material sophistication. Guy Hepner welcomes inquiries regarding the acquisition of this work.

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Edition & Provenance

Year
2024
Medium
Acrylic on Stretched Canvas, Aluminum Butterfly, Diamond Dust

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About Punkmetender

Roman Lefebvre is a French multidisciplinary artist based in Miami. Born in Paris and shaped by nearly two decades in Los Angeles, Lefebvre played an integral role in developing the visual identity, design language and studio practice of Mr. Brainwash during the formative years of his international career. He is featured in the Academy Award- nominated documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop and worked alongside Banksy and other influential figures of the international street-art movement.

Under the name Punkmetender, Lefebvre subsequently established an independent international practice spanning painting, sculpture, installation and large-scale public work. His works are held in prominent private collections internationally, including those of a member of the Getty family, Mariah Carey, Khloé Kardashian, Paris Hilton and Dave Navarro, among others.

Now working under his own name, Lefebvre is expanding his practice through digital film and Membrane, a materially layered series examining perception, memory and the unstable boundary between image and reality. Moving between contemporary digital figures and historical imagery transformed through oil painting, abrasion, handwritten language and transparent epoxy resin, his work explores how beauty is preserved, disrupted and reinterpreted across time.

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