King Star 呐喊 Grave of Art: Scream Playing Cards, spoof, prank of the year! Says limited edition of 50001, in reality less than 1000. By designer LemonKT, joke deck. Inspired by Skrik, Norwegian Expressionist painting, Edvard Munch.

Description

– Launched 19 Sep 2021, sold out instantly.

🌟 This is a spoof deck by King Star’s design team leader LemonKT. All decks says limited edition of 50000/50001 on the tuck, but in reality less than 1000 were printed.

🌟 As the design team grew with more members, he found himself with more time on his hands. And so, he started skiving during work. One day at the King Star headquarters, on a leisurely morning, “Ah, lunch time in an hour’s time!”

🌟 Thinking about it this way, he was obviously no longer willing to make any further changes to the [Cloud / Sea series V3: Meeting the Moon] illustration on the computer screen in front of him. But, he reasoned… “It’s not good to sneak out to eat in advance and be seen by others… Should I do something?”

🌟 He completed a 50-minute quick design through the form of [copy and paste + spoof creation]. “Ah, ah, other tributes to famous paintings do the same like this, no? Cut, copy and paste the world famous paintings?”

🌟 “Hey, hey… will anyone really buy such a card… Forget it, save it, time to eat…”

“Ah, I haven’t done the numbering position yet, damn it, there are only 5 minutes left before eating…”

“Then 5……………………”
(He hit the number at random).

🌟 King Star did not offer a lucky draw prize for this work, but they encouraged fans to leave a comment below their social media post, if they have something to say to LemonKT about his design process and creation. They said he will always watch comments secretly.

🌟 P.S.: The artist LemonKT, who insisted on printing this card, was punished for wasting KSPCC’s precious 300g of German imported paper: eating 50 minutes later than others every day, there was nothing left but leftovers in the cafeteria.

P.P.S.: The penalty cycle is one day.

🌟 The joke deck “Grave of Art·Scream” is a work created by the chief designer of KING STAR, LemonKT, while skiving at work and having nothing to do in his spare time. “Copy and paste, click, and a deck of” famous painting” cards is produced like this. It couldn’t be simpler.” He said, “However, it is not fun to do this all over again, and pass off as a legitimate tribute to a work of art ~”

🌟 As you can see, Scream is not a product of serious “tribute to art” or “classic re-enactment”, but a spoof! The cheeky designer who is full and has nothing to do has added a lot of graffiti and oil painting elements to the design of the card surface. Finally, what is presented in front of your eyes is this “art hodgepodge” and destined for the art tombs.

🌟 As you can see from the following quotes, everyone at King Star was left speechless by his cheeky antics.

“Art can be grounded, but it cannot be grounded (justified).”-The evaluation comes from a person who wished to remain anonymous.

“The joke is not nonsense, the adaptation is not… I’m sorry, I am in the wrong place.”-A well-known artist.

“It feels very familiar to see this deck of cards, as if I have returned to my hometown!”-A Trisolaran who wanders around the earth.

🌟 “It took me 50 minutes to design this deck, no more, no less. There is nothing simpler than copy and paste in this world~

(￣y▽￣)╭ Ohohoho…..”

——LemonKT

🌟 We’re not sure if he should be so smug exactly, but a tribute to the original artwork is a timely reminder to appreciate the source of inspiration. The following is from an interesting article

https://www.nasjonalmuseet.no/en/collection/object/NG.M.00939

🌟 “The Scream is one of the most well-known pictures in the history of art, and has become a popular icon of our time. The figure in the picture has been used in many different contexts, and appears in everything from political posters to horror films. It even has its own emoji. 😱 The motif Edvard Munch created 130 years ago has now become a symbol we use to convey emotions.

🌟 In 1892 Munch painted the picture Sick Mood at Sunset. Despair, a motif that bears many similarities to The Scream. The colours, the format and size, the landscape and background figures – all are the same. Nevertheless, The Scream is radically different, because the main figure has been changed. In the first picture we see a clearly defined male figure wearing a hat and coat. In The Scream this figure has become a mysterious presence that is difficult to define. Is the figure we see a woman or a man? Is it wearing a black coat, or a dress? Is it a skull or a face we are looking at? Why doesn’t the figure have hair? These difficult and indistinct features of the figure make The Scream into a visual enigma.

🌟 The Scream is both simple and complex. It is complex because it lends itself to so many different interpretations. Its simplicity has to do with the actual execution of the picture. We know that Munch drew sketches and worked with the motif over a long period of time, but the painting technique and lack of detail give the impression that it was painted quickly and spontaneously. This approach, along with the vibrant, non-realistic colours, signified a new way of creating art. The Scream marks a decisive point in art history where form and content are closely interrelated and are meant to express the same subject matter. The work is a key turning point from the symbolism movement in art to the expressionism of the 1900s.

🌟 Before painting The Scream, Munch wrote a text that relates to the content of the picture:

“I was walking along the road with two
friends – then the sun went {I went} down
Suddenly the sky turned blood-red
– and I felt
a breath of melancholy
– an exhausting pain
under my heart – I paused, leaning against the fence, tired to death – above the blue-black fjord and city there was blood ‹in› tongues of fire
My friends went on and I stood
there trembling
with anxiety –
and I felt that a gre{a}t infinite/ scre{a}m went through nature”

(1892, MM T 2367)

🌟 The landscape we see in the picture is recognisable through this description, and shows the Kristiania fjord (Oslo fjord) seen from Ekeberg hill. Two men, who are referred to as two friends in the poem, are walking in the background on the left. The Scream is often interpreted as a universal expression of anxiety and alienation, which is the subject of the poem he wrote.”