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CALICO retweeted
Some (very few) creators do not fit in a “category/style/technique” because they embrace many categories/styles/techniques melting them all on their own category.
Some creators are their own category.
They are known also as: Artists.
CALICO retweeted
visual art is a visual language; if it isn’t seen, it may as well not exist.
this is why i’m grateful to the galleries taking real financial risk and doing the work for the benefit of the whole space. visibility is a must.
i indeed can’t wait for lindy institutions to take a deeper interest in digital/onchain art; that’s when we’ll confirm this ecosystem has real, long-term cultural weight.
as for the art basel curation, i get it. curation is judgment, and the judgment may carry biases that do not align with our own.
but the best way to influence curation over time is to participate, do the work, share the art you believe in, and offer real alternatives.
for zero 10, i would have included a few exceptional artists who aren’t full consensus, as they would have made the exhibition richer and more interesting. but this is an early experiment, and maybe taking less risk made sense this time.
🖤
CALICO retweeted
basquiat's untitled elmar sold for $46.5 million this year. warhol's flowers for $35.5 million. and these are absolutely incredible prices that show the enduring value of important art. but here's what's interesting: both basquiat and warhol understood what we're talking about. warhol literally painted soup cans and celebrity photos. he took mass culture and elevated it by calling it art. basquiat covered his canvases with text and symbols that function exactly like memes do now: repeated motifs that build meaning through repetition and context. these artists were doing what meme creators do today just with different tools. and the art world celebrates them for it. but then dismisses current meme artists as not serious. make it make sense. the only difference is medium and time. warhol would be an nft artist today. basquiat would be posting on instagram. they understood that art needs to engage with popular culture not separate itself from it. and the prices their work commands proves that approach was correct. so why are we gatekeeping the same approach when it happens digitally. when a meme artist does what warhol did and transforms mass culture into art we should be celebrating that not dismissing it.
CALICO retweeted
been thinking about this a lot lately…crypto art or digital art (however we want to call it) does not have to resemble “contemporary/traditional art”
take more risks, be experimental, show what art and tech combined can create rather than shadowing past trends.
bring back some fun :)))
CALICO retweeted
Wanna give some love to my favorite NFTs, I don’t indulge much but when I do I usually just hold because I love them (also think they’re pretty Y2K coded)
1st is my very special Aeon, was blessed to find it and grateful to be a part of the Cognisphere - @ProjectAeon3333
2nd is this badass Chomsky honk I couldn’t not steal, frittata
3rd is a sick new collection Tomodachi Void Club by @unbearableKnife that minted on @vvvdotso
4th is some dope EVILIO phone wallpapers by @sarcastic_songs that I believe are still available on @vvvdotso!
I purely buy these because I like them, so I’d say if you feel the same check them out
CALICO retweeted
if your entire presence in this space is about money and never about art or beauty or culture or the things that make being human worthwhile then you're living wrong. you're optimizing for the wrong variables. and one day you're gonna wake up with a portfolio full of numbers that mean nothing and realize you could've been surrounded by beauty instead. you could've supported artists. you could've been part of culture. you could've collected work that made you feel alive. but you chose extraction over connection. and that's the real rug. not when a project fails. but when you realize you spent years in a space full of creativity and you never let any of it touch you. still time to change. start now. collect one piece because you love it. not because you think it'll pump. just because it makes you feel something. that's the beginning of actually understanding what any of this is for
