Konstantin Kakanias Can a Dachshund Skateboard?

Konstantin Kakanias
b. 1961
Can a Dachshund Skateboard?

Executed in 2013.
Gouache on paper
15 2/5 x 20 1/5 in.

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Condition Report:
This work is in excellent condition. For more information, please email Chris@soafi.org.

Catalogue Note:
Konstantin Kakanias is a contemporary Greek painter and multimedia artist. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles and Greece. Throughout his career Kakanias has created drawings, paintings, sculptures, performances, ceramics, and books.

Kakanias' work does not belong to any single style. He is known to explore a range of themes in his work from the light and comic to the dark and psychological

Kakanias attended the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, majoring in Textile Design. Kakanias moved to Paris in 1979. He attended the Studio Berçot where he studied Fashion and Art. He was also taught by the Italian artist and stage designer Lila de Nobili. Kakanias started his career at 22, working as an illustrator for newspapers and magazines such as French Vogue and Vogue Italia. He created textile designs for Yves Saint Laurent and Christian Lacroix.