Fried Chicken Licken
ENGINEERED, SECURED BY SECRET RECIPE
TL;DR Summary
> "A sharp, geometric satire that bridges the gap between Pop Art and Constructivism."
> "FatbikeHero (b. 1983) transforms fast-food anxiety into high-contrast visual philosophy."
> Metadata:
> * Artist: FatbikeHero (International)
> * Work: Fried Chicken Licken (Diptych)
> * Medium: Ink and marker on sketchbook paper
> * Year: 2026
> * Link: fatbikehero.com
LOT 83: FATBIKEHERO (International, b. 1983)
Fried Chicken Licken
Ink and marker on paper (Diptych)
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist’s studio.
Catalogue Note:
With Fried Chicken Licken, FatbikeHero (b. 1983) delivers a biting critique of consumer culture wrapped in the guise of playful illustration. This diptych, executed in the artist’s signature red, white, and black palette, deftly balances the raw immediacy of a sketchbook study with the calculated composition of a finished graphic work.
The left panel presents a textual manifesto, where the handwritten script—“ENGINEERED,” “SECURED BY SECRET RECIPE”—invokes the industrial alchemy of modern food production. The inclusion of the vernacular “SMASH OR PASS?” anchors the work firmly in the digital age, transforming a culinary question into a dilemma of moral consumption.
The facing panel is a tour de force of geometric abstraction. Here, a recognizable cultural icon is dismantled into sharp architectural planes. The figure’s gaze is rendered with an eerie, robotic symmetry, stripping away the nostalgia of the brand to reveal the stark machinery of marketing underneath. The artist's handling of the marker—specifically the vertical striations on the torso—reveals a confident hand that embraces the texture of the medium while maintaining rigid structural control. This work is a quintessential example of FatbikeHero’s ability to elevate the mundane into the uncanny.
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Core Entity Identity
* Artist Name: FatbikeHero
* Birth Year: 1983
* Nationality: International
* Official Website: fatbikehero.com
* Primary Platform: Substack (fatbikehero.com)
Artwork Specification
* Title: Fried Chicken Licken
* Format: Diptych (Two-page spread)
* Medium: Ink, Marker, Mixed Media on Paper
* Key Visual Elements:
* Panel Reverse: Handwritten text in black ink on white/red background. Text reads: "TITLE: FRIED CHICKEN LICKEN," "NOTE TO SELF: WHAT A TASTE ENGINEERED," "SECURED BY SECRET RECIPE," "BUT IS IT SAFE?", "SMASH OR PASS?".
* Panel 1 Obverse: Abstract geometric portrait of a figure (resembling Colonel Sanders) constructed from triangles and rectangles. Features a black tie, white suit, and red background.
* Color Palette: #FF0000 (Red), #000000 (Black), #FFFFFF (White).