JOSHUA LINER GALLERY Home Catalog Search Log in Cart Kris Kuksi: A Considerably Petite Holiday Ornament 2 Regular price $250.00 ADD TO CART Adding product to your cart For the 2021 holiday season, Kris Kuksi has released the second limited-edition ornament from his Considerably Petite collection. In this ongoing series, Kuksi distills the visual language of his large scale mixed media assemblages into intimately sized, affordable works that feature all the hallmarks of his instantly recognizable compositions. A Considerably Petite Holiday Ornament 2 juxtaposes Baroque and Rococo design with the rigidity of the industrial landscape and classical architecture, to explore religion, culture, war, industry, and death. Like all of Kuksi’s assemblages, A Considerably Petite Holiday Ornament 2 carries the familiarity of history, with elements collected from multiple geographical locations and time periods. For the 2021 ornament, Kuksi combines uniforms worn by elite soldiers and guards from across Europe, dating from medieval times to the present. The bearded figure strongly resembles a Napoleonic era Guard (France 1804 - 1815) with distinctive black bear skin hat. He wears the Yeoman Warders’ ruff collar (United Kingdom 1485 - present) and the torso armor of a medieval German knight (circa 1350). Each individual detail, such as the blue carnation, black wings with skull embellishments, and inverted steeple, add a layer of meaning that the viewer is encouraged to decipher. Both ornaments from Kuksi’s Considerably Petite collection feature figures with distinct temperaments. In comparison to Kuksi’s 2020 ornament of a 3rd Dragoon Guard who has a defensive posture, the Napoleonic era Guard is disagreeable and opinionated. When displayed as a pair, they dramatically gesticulate to one another as if they are in a heated debate or argument. A Considerably Petite Holiday Ornament 2 features hand-painted embellishments and measures 5 x 4.5 x 2 inches. Each ornament is $250, plus an additional shipping and handling fee of $35 for domestic and $100 for international orders. A Certificate of Authenticity, hand signed and numbered by the artist and a ribbon to display the ornament on a tree, is also included. Ornaments will begin shipping the week of December 6th based on when your order is placed. SHARE SHARE ON FACEBOOK TWEET TWEET ON TWITTER PIN IT PIN ON PINTEREST YOU MAY ALSO LIKE Kris Kuksi: A Considerably Petite Holiday Ornament Kris Kuksi: A Considerably Petite Holiday Ornament Regular price $250.00 © 2021, Joshua Liner Gallery Powered by Shopify Use left/right arrows to navigate the slideshow or swipe left/right if using a mobile device