Drowned - Mikulas Galanda Phone Case

$48USD
  • Luxe art armor for your 2nd brain
  • Precise fit for your iPhone/Samsung
  • Artwork won't fade, crack or peel
  • Certified non-toxic tough case

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About This Artwork

The woman floats under Galanda’s stilled sea—a body reduced to modernist geometry, where emotion has been drowned in fishy logic.

Her limbs read like punctuation. The fish are absurd: one intersects her torso with surgical indifference, another cruises her chest like an errant annotation. This surrealist nude doesn't invite touch; she resists interpretation.

Rendered during Slovakia’s 1930s avant-garde flourish, Mikuláš Galanda’s work turns eroticism into diagram. This phone case traps that moment: a symbolic nude, suspended in a sea of refusal. No narrative, just an abstract female form marked by absurdist crossings.

It’s an art accessory for the cool-eyed observer. She isn't dreaming, she's diagrammed. Drifting beneath a lined sea that resists metaphor. Galanda’s surrealism will always be more than an accessory. It’s suspended judgment—a flatlined erotic study, part Slovak Symbolism, part existential semaphore.

Origin Story

Mikuláš Galanda (1895–1938) painted through pain, against politics, and toward a new Slovak modernism. Born in Malá Vieska, he lost a leg to illness in his youth—an early rupture that infused his later work with melancholy and resolve. Trained in Budapest and Prague, he fused expressionism, cubism, and lyrical figuration, layering Slovak folk subjects with the avant-garde grammar of European modernism.

Galanda was no ivory tower aesthete. He co-edited DAV, taught at Bratislava’s School of Handcrafts, and collaborated with Ľudovít Fulla on polemical “Private Letters” championing art’s social function. His work, often focused on women and rural life, vibrates with restrained longing—his clean lines and flat planes echo both folk iconography and Bauhaus-era design.

He exhibited widely—from the Venice Biennale to the 1937 Paris Exposition, where he won a Silver Medal—and stood firm against fascism, signing the “Forever Faithful” manifesto in 1938. Galanda died the same year, aged just 43, but left behind a legacy that helped define the emotional and political contours of Slovak modern art.

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Produced on Demand

Your new treasure gets produced after you purchase at print labs across the USA, UK, EU & AUS. Significantly minimising landfill waste by only making things people actually want.

Average Production Time

After you purchase, expect your new treasure to be produced, quality checked, packed with care and handed over to trusted shipping carriers within 72-96 hours on average.

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I work with Prodigi to create all the products on my store. Their international network of print labs:

1. Ensure your new treasure's made as close to you as possible. Reducing delivery times and carbon emissions from the print lab to your front door.

2. Adhere to anti child labour and anti forced labour regulations. Providing safe and generous working environments for all staff.

3. Provide traceability for core raw materials from suppliers. 

4. Screen suppliers for compliance with fair labor and sustainability standards.

Cost

Free shipping to Continental United States, Canada, UK, EU, Australia, New Zealand & more: see full list here.

Production + Delivery =

USA: 4-9 days • Canada: 5-12 days • UK: 4-9 days • EU: 5-10 days • AUS: 4-9 days • NZ: 5-12 days • Rest of the world: 3-4 weeks

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Sent carbon neutral at no extra charge.

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30 Day Returns

1. You're welcome to open a return / exchange request within 30 days of your order's delivery. All items for return must be delivered back in their original condition, with their original packaging included.

2. No guarantees your return will be approved if you send items back before the approval of your return request.

3. No returns, refunds or exchanges on discounted or sale items.

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For a life lived fast in pursuit of beauty

Every iPhone/Samsung case you find here is a fortress disguised as art. Built for battle and designed for resilience. With an extremely strong but lightweight outer shell and black silicone inner that grips your phone tight for extra shock absorption.

Model specific iPhone/Samsung cases offer a precise, sculpted fit tailored to your device. Easy access to buttons and clear, open ports for connectivity. Plus a raised rim guard for your screen/camera.

All the treasure you find on my store can be printed at labs across the USA, UK, EU & AUS. An international network that ensures your new treasure gets produced as close to you as possible.

Matte vs Gloss

Chic and shatterproof

Gloss for a lustrous statement. Matte for timeless refinement. Printed with rich, vibrant colors & a touch of magic.

Wraparound magic
High-quality colour print which is fully 3D wrapped around the entire body of the case; covering all corners, sides and edges equally
Art sealed in
Vivid, permanent, full-coverage print infused into the outer layer with a sublimation dye process. Meaning your art won't fade, crack or peel.

Art armor

Wireless charging compatible

Outer layer made from specialist impact-resistant plastic (polycarbonate) which is extremely strong and lightweight. Black silicone inner layer (polyurethane) gives additional shock absorption.

Elegant precision
Carefully constructed with moulds that precisely match the dimensions of the device to ensure the best possible fit.
Certified non-toxic
REACH, RoHS and TÜV Rheinland certified. So your new treasure contains no harmful chemicals or hazardous substances.

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