Strategic Conflict

€ 2900 

Valentinos Vassiliou

€ 2900 

Valentinos Vassiliou

Valentinos Vassiliou’s Strategic Conflict is a striking metaphorical painting that juxtaposes raw physical aggression with intellectual strategy. Two boxers, dressed in vibrant opposing colors—blue and yellow—sit face-to-face, not in a ring, but at a chessboard. Their red gloves hover over the board, creating an intense, paradoxical scene where brute force meets calculated thought. The black-and-white chessboard becomes a battleground where ideas, ideologies, or nations may clash. Above them, radiating lines pull the viewer's eye to the center, emphasizing the magnitude of the confrontation. Scattered chess pieces, shaped like missiles, fall toward a silhouetted cityscape below, symbolizing the destructive consequences of both mental and physical warfare.

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Description

Artist:

Valentinos Vassiliou

Category:

Acrylic

Style:

Impressionism

Size:

x

100

x

100

Year:

2025

Materials:

acrylic on camvas

Signed:

Yes

No

SKU:

VV-003

Frame:

Yes

No

Artist:

Valentinos Vassiliou

Category:

Acrylic

Style:

Impressionism

Size:

x

100

x

100

Frame:

Yes

No

Year:

2025

Materials:

acrylic on camvas

Signed:

Yes

No

SKU:

VV-003

Vassiliou’s work explores the dual nature of conflict in the modern world—where diplomacy, strategy, and intelligence are often intertwined with brute power, and where every calculated move carries potentially devastating consequences. The piece evokes feelings of tension, irony, and futility, as both players are caught in a performance where neither the mind nor muscle guarantees victory. Through this visual allegory, the artist questions whether humanity has truly evolved in its methods of conflict—or simply disguised violence with the illusion of rationality.

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