@beeple has done it
He's changed the art world forever
I thought we'd see a "major artist" embrace NFTs in 2021
someone whose name alone...
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He's changed the art world forever
I thought we'd see a "major artist" embrace NFTs in 2021
someone whose name alone...
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...could elevate the genre (in the eyes of the public) from curiosities to what great NFTs actually are:
artwork...
expressions on the human condition...
profound reminders we're merely blood & guts
artwork...
expressions on the human condition...
profound reminders we're merely blood & guts
I wanted it to be an artist who deeply impacted me in the past... a Banksy or Damien Hirst
but perhaps that was a false desire
perhaps this new domain should belong to new artists -- the ones who... when we cut them bleed 1s and 0s
but perhaps that was a false desire
perhaps this new domain should belong to new artists -- the ones who... when we cut them bleed 1s and 0s
perhaps it should have been obvious that our "major artist" would be @beeple
“I don’t know anything about the traditional art world,” he told the @nytimes
and yet, he's on his path to becoming one of the most important artists of our generation
“I don’t know anything about the traditional art world,” he told the @nytimes
and yet, he's on his path to becoming one of the most important artists of our generation
he doesn't even have a wikipedia page right now
he will before this is over
for the past 13+ years
he's made a single work of art every day
some by hand, most digital
recently, he stiched together 5,000 of those works into a collage & minted it as an NFT... his opus
he will before this is over
for the past 13+ years
he's made a single work of art every day
some by hand, most digital
recently, he stiched together 5,000 of those works into a collage & minted it as an NFT... his opus
this morning, bidding on the NFT began at Christie's
this is the Christie's founded 255 years ago
the one that sells $4 billion+ of artwork every year
the one that has sold works by banksy and damien hirst
the one that -- like Sotheby's -- has NEVER sold an NFT before
this is the Christie's founded 255 years ago
the one that sells $4 billion+ of artwork every year
the one that has sold works by banksy and damien hirst
the one that -- like Sotheby's -- has NEVER sold an NFT before
when I look at Beeple's work, something dislocates in my subconscious
it's as if he's mashed together every American mind, daubed it in peyote and asked it to lay down on his couch to dream
you look at his works and you see the dream
it's as if he's mashed together every American mind, daubed it in peyote and asked it to lay down on his couch to dream
you look at his works and you see the dream
you see not just the evolution of his technical abilities and personality, but the morphing of the American zeitgeist too
I don't even want to talk about what I think the final sale price will be
whatever it is, it will probably be lower & less imaginative than it should be
I don't even want to talk about what I think the final sale price will be
whatever it is, it will probably be lower & less imaginative than it should be
this moment will begin chapters in art history books for for the rest of time
right now, he's offering up ownership of a piece of his mind
and by extention a piece of our own
right now, he's offering up ownership of a piece of his mind
and by extention a piece of our own
you don't have to understand NFTs to recognize something important is happening
you can feel it
you can feel it
thank you, @beeple
for being the outsider who showed the f up
come rain or shine
for 13 years
much ♥️
for being the outsider who showed the f up
come rain or shine
for 13 years
much ♥️
bidding (currently at $1.8 million) is ongoing here: onlineonly.christies.com/s/first-open-b…
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