EPIQUE IV was created by Heath Kane for his first exhibition in Mexico at Galeria Militar, Todos Santos. There is only one of these original paintings in the world.

Kane's work has been featured on the cover of Wired Magazine Italy as part of the special article written by Nadia Tolokonnikova from "Pussy Riot". While he is also credited for creating the cover art of the last published editions of George Orwell books. Kane's first edition of Napoleon on horseback, titled “Legende” (I) hung at the Louvre in Paris, France.

Inspired by master painted portraits, this piece above sets out to reveal how classical art was often a means for wealthy individuals to portray their alter ego. It playfully suggests that perhaps the classical portrait artists were the Photoshop and Instagram filter of their time.

“Napoleon said ‘history is written by the winners’. He might also have said ‘And painted by the rich’. The result is a distortion of our past.” – Heath Kane

This NFT is one of a limited edition of 10 available. With the ownership of this NFT comes an un-lockable content link to the original photographed file of the painting (.tif, .jpg).
For non-commercial use only.