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Popping Icons by Sarira Merikhi
Illustrator and artist Sarira Merikhi makes two kinds of lithographs — the deeply sardonic and the romantically witty. Each of her NFTs draw from references and histories found in classical Persian works, folk tales or proverbs. Some of them come from an ancient epic poem called “Shahnameh,” or “The Book of Kings,” written by a poet named Ferdowsi between 977 — 1010 CE. Using techniques for blaring pop iconography perfected by Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, Merikhi mimics the style of lith...
Popping Icons by Sarira Merikhi
Illustrator and artist Sarira Merikhi makes two kinds of lithographs — the deeply sardonic and the romantically witty. Each of her NFTs draw from references and histories found in classical Persian works, folk tales or proverbs. Some of them come from an ancient epic poem called “Shahnameh,” or “The Book of Kings,” written by a poet named Ferdowsi between 977 — 1010 CE. Using techniques for blaring pop iconography perfected by Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, Merikhi mimics the style of lith...
Phresh Kicks: TEJI's Release of Phunk Force 1 Gives the Public Access to Symbolism
Brand appropriation artist Teji launched the Phunk Force One token on August 19, marking his third permissionless collaboration with a major brand and pushing the boundaries of guerilla art and “web3” creativity. Each token provides access to one of only 500 pairs of shoes TEJI has created using imagery from the Cryptophunks V2 collection and appropriating but then innovating off an inverted version of the famous Swoosh logo.Phunk Force 1 by TejiThe tokens can be purchased by holders of the T...
Phresh Kicks: TEJI's Release of Phunk Force 1 Gives the Public Access to Symbolism
Brand appropriation artist Teji launched the Phunk Force One token on August 19, marking his third permissionless collaboration with a major brand and pushing the boundaries of guerilla art and “web3” creativity. Each token provides access to one of only 500 pairs of shoes TEJI has created using imagery from the Cryptophunks V2 collection and appropriating but then innovating off an inverted version of the famous Swoosh logo.Phunk Force 1 by TejiThe tokens can be purchased by holders of the T...
Bait and Click: Exploring "Clickbait," a Conceptual NFT Project by Capsule21's Piv
Usually I write a long piece about an artist. But I am trying something new today. I am pointing you to a thread I wrote recently on Twitter about Piv’s homage to Joseph Albers. You can visit that and get a good run down of an amazing project. If you want context, read below: The work is called “Clickbait,” and it is an assembly of PNG files that arrange the color pixels of a CryptoPunk into nesting squares. The work references the work of Joseph Albers, a painter who spent decades of his lif...
Bait and Click: Exploring "Clickbait," a Conceptual NFT Project by Capsule21's Piv
Usually I write a long piece about an artist. But I am trying something new today. I am pointing you to a thread I wrote recently on Twitter about Piv’s homage to Joseph Albers. You can visit that and get a good run down of an amazing project. If you want context, read below: The work is called “Clickbait,” and it is an assembly of PNG files that arrange the color pixels of a CryptoPunk into nesting squares. The work references the work of Joseph Albers, a painter who spent decades of his lif...
Clicking the Bait: A New Phunk Project Looks at How Color Concept is Shaped by Context
There’s something about art that convinces us to explore it. You know you are looking at a piece of art when you have to stop and think about what you are looking at, and when that thinking draws you magnetically to want to know more. My earliest experience with the power that art has over us in this way was when I took my mother to a museum in Raleigh, North Carolina. We were walking through one of the exhibition rooms and she noticed a painting that was very brightly-colored and absolutely ...
Clicking the Bait: A New Phunk Project Looks at How Color Concept is Shaped by Context
There’s something about art that convinces us to explore it. You know you are looking at a piece of art when you have to stop and think about what you are looking at, and when that thinking draws you magnetically to want to know more. My earliest experience with the power that art has over us in this way was when I took my mother to a museum in Raleigh, North Carolina. We were walking through one of the exhibition rooms and she noticed a painting that was very brightly-colored and absolutely ...
Viewing Art History Through a Two-Way Mirror of Tech and Time
A developer-artist named Dovetail has come out with a new NFT series called Moon Lake. I thought I would explore what this series is about, but I warn you: Dovetail has purposely made something that is almost impossible to see clearly, unless you are using a specific browser.ML #3 Impossible to see in its entirety on OpenSea in Chrome; only viewable on OpenSea in SafariMoon Lake is a series of ten compositions that were listed on OpenSea under their own contract earlier this week. The composi...
Viewing Art History Through a Two-Way Mirror of Tech and Time
A developer-artist named Dovetail has come out with a new NFT series called Moon Lake. I thought I would explore what this series is about, but I warn you: Dovetail has purposely made something that is almost impossible to see clearly, unless you are using a specific browser.ML #3 Impossible to see in its entirety on OpenSea in Chrome; only viewable on OpenSea in SafariMoon Lake is a series of ten compositions that were listed on OpenSea under their own contract earlier this week. The composi...
