Painting: Big Pun - The Nipple

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Christopher Rios, Raw, Gangsta Gorgeouuaaas. Composer, Poet, Fighter, “Still Not a Player,” Capital Punishment.

Latino rapper with a hard-core vibe straight from the boogie-down Bronx, poor kid from Puerto Rico, warper of social fabrics, mapper of urban communities anthems universal, Muse to the artist. 

Fan of the Nipple, and who is not? 

Medium

Oil on Canvas, 48''x60'', inspired by half-a-dozen photographs and articles documenting Big Pun's genius and lifestyle choices - and, most importantly, the rapper, poet, and innovator's music.

Signaletics

"Big Pun - The Nipple" (originally titled "The Nipple") is a 2005-06 painting by Frederic Marsanne, the leading artist in the house where he lives... Frederic has exhibited at MKL GALLERY in Somerville, MA, Ambassador Galleries in Soho, NY, and was chosen to exhibit in a juried show at the New Rochelle Art Association Annual in New Rochelle, NY.

Style, Themes, Techniques

Christopher, better known by his stage name Big Pun (short for Big Punisher), struggled with weight issues his entire adult life.

The rapper weighed 180 pounds (82 kg) at age 18, which increased to 300 pounds (140 kg) at 20+, later fluctuating between obese and morbidly obese, to reach a peak of 698 pounds (317 kg) at the time of his death.

698 pounds of raw talent - to me, he was a deLIGHT. Light as a nipple. Do you see the nipple in the painting?

Big Pun - Buried in the Bronx, alive in my heart.

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