TOP 10 NFTs in 2022
puts the spotlight on the top 10 NFTS in 2022
This year has seen a new way of thinking about currency, real estate and art, and it seems quite a few have embraced this art form. NFT, which means non-fungible token, is the record of ownership of a digital object on a blockchain. It can be any type of media, including but not limited to art, videos, music, GIFs, games, tweets, and memes. The non-fungible part means that the object is unique, making it irreplaceable.
From a completely nude Madonna exploring the concept of creation to a reinterpretation of Renaissance masterpieces with modern brushstrokes — we continue our annual review of the year’s BIG stories with a look at the TOP 10 NFTs featured on design boom in 2022.
TODAY’S DIGITAL SPACE IS THE OPPOSITE OF FREE SPACE’ – NFT BY ROBERT MONTGOMERY
Artist Robert Montgomery’s first NFT criticizes the spread of the digital world © Robert Montgomery
After recently wowing the world with his solar-powered political billboard at COP26, acclaimed British contemporary artist Robert Montgomery has entered the NFT arena with his distinctive text-based work, a blade runner-esque manifesto denouncing the evils of the digital world. the work was published by New Pavilion, a consulting agency that works with some of the world’s most famous artist estates, contemporary creators, art foundations and cultural institutions.
Through this work of art, Montgomery explores the existential realm of the digital world. Specifically, he looks at how digital communication and devices have become the stewards of our time and how traces of our biographies are now reflected back to us in advertising media. In doing so, he ultimately questions the fate of our intellectual and emotional freedoms, as well as our connection to the natural world.
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MADONNA GIVES BIRTH TO A TREE, BUTTERFLY BIRDS AND A CENTIPEDE IN NSFW TRIPTYCH OF NFTS
Mother of Creation, an NFT triptych of Madonna and Beeple
After a year of work, Madonna and Beeple have released Mother of Creation, an NFT triptych out today on SuperRare. The works, which feature animations of a fully nude Madonna, explore the concept of creation, motherhood and birth via darkness and light in our modern world. Received with some skepticism, the collaboration leads many to ask the infamous But why? questions. As artnet says, “we live in a dystopia… and I feel nothing.” It is for people who live lives so media-saturated and poisoned with irony that nothing feels real.’
“When Mike (Beeple) and I decided to collaborate on this project a year ago, I was excited to have the opportunity to share my vision of the world as a mother and artist with Mike’s own unique point of view.” Madonna said. “It has been an amazing journey to build this together from an intellectual idea to an emotional story, which has given birth to art. I wanted to investigate the concept of creation, not only the way a child enters the world through a woman’s vagina, but also the way an artist gives birth to creativity. The most important thing is that we wanted to use this opportunity to reach mothers and children who need it most right now.’
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INTERVIEW: REFIK ANADOL AND HANS ULRICH OBRIST ON ‘NFTS AND PUBLIC ART’ AT NFT ART DAY ZRH
‘NFTs and public art’ at NFT ART DAY ZRH © Refik Anadol Studio
NFT ART FAIR ZRHthe first annual NFT and metaverse conference in Switzerland, brought together leading figures from the field of digital art and the art market for an insightful afternoon of conversations. Participants explored various topics related to NFTs, including an introduction to non-fungible tokens and their relationship to the art world, as well as the collecting behavior and various artistic practices surrounding them.
One of the themes at the conference was devoted to NFTs and Public Art, which was brought up through a conversation between Refik Anadol, media artist, director and pioneer in the aesthetics of data and machine intelligence, and Hans Ulrich Obrist, artistic director of the Serpentine Galleries. The two speakers discussed Refik Anadol’s oeuvre in recent years with the NFT medium, and what it means to use blockchain technology to create public works of art.
