"Rules" 2024

Dimensions: 100 x 130 cm

Medium: Spray paint and silkscreen on screen-print panel

Artist: Maximilian Wiedemann

An 18th-century prodigy—prim, posed, powdered—meets the raw defiance of street art. “Rules” isn’t just a painting. It’s a protest.

This is Maximilian Wiedemann’s genius: reframing icons of the past with unapologetic urgency. At first glance, the young noble stares out from another era. But look again—he’s been graffitied with rebellion. The phrase “FUCK THE RULES” isn’t decoration. It’s declaration. It’s the artist’s war cry against conformity, against quiet obedience, against being told how art—and life—should look.

The contrast is deliberate. Sacred oil meets spray can. Royal child meets renegade spirit. Rules is a statement piece for those who don’t ask permission—collectors who live on the edge of elegance and disruption.