The two main formats in SELF 32 by Artemis are: tall and square.
The taller artworks represent an internal state. We get shy to face inward sometimes and let out how we actually feel about things. This is a beautiful gesture held within the series to actually represent these emotions. Artemis, who explores abstraction a lot in his work, has taken a different approach this series. One of vulnerability, personal, and literally showing his true colors.
The square artworks are an external view of self. It's something that has been a continuous theme in Artemis's oeuvre. A balancing act of abstract and figurative work provides a lot of challenges. A question I tend to ask myself when studying these is...what does it mean to represent yourself without actually revealing your features, or the things that make you yourself? Artemis does it in an elegant way that's not only aesthetically pleasing but very representative of him. It embodies his practice in a nutshell.
gm everyone ☕ Today is the final day for my auction on @Sothebysverse, ending in 7 hours. Thank you for all the bids so far ❤️
'Letters of Intent' is my first publicly available 1/1 of 2025, a digital-first generative artwork created using my Consensus algorithm.
Grateful to be able to collect 'Play B' by
@artemisandarts
If you haven't been able to check out his art, please do! His work is a distinctive mix of machine learning and generative algorithms, finetuned by a unique and creative taste.
Another wonderful piece from @artemisandarts
Artemis’s works are unique combinations of generative algorithms and machine learning; I highly recommend checking out his work if you haven’t before!
gm all ☕
'Arch (bits)' is now available with reserve on SR. This is a 1/1 work created using my Consensus algorithm.
For anyone around the NYC area, this work is featured in an exhibition with reception opening at 7-9pm ET.
Links and presentation sheets below 👇
30 mins until Inflection series goes live in auction with @tribul_auctions ❤️
The ranked auction of eight works will span multiple days, a series of works curated by @nf_suzanne.
Additional details, interview and catalogue available at https://t.co/LXrUpZpke9
Why do I write this? Not only do I think it's helpful to take a step back to see why and how we're collecting art, but it's also important to examine how we live our lives as "good art". Do we live for the social signals or streams of approval, or do we just seek to be good art?
Reposting b/c I think this touches on an important question to wrestle with, not on definitions, but on how we assign value to things.
In the NFT world, it's incredibly hard to pull away from the impact of $ values on perceived aesthetics, but I believe it's important to do so.
A common question I've received over the past 24 hours: How are collectibles different from art?
I know some people collect both and/or don't see the need to separate the categories. But I personally find it helpful to distinguish between the two.
I define collectibles as items valued for their rarity, historical significance, or cultural phenomenon. Art is typically valued for its intrinsic qualities and its ability to convey meaning or evoke emotion, while collectibles are valued more for their extrinsic qualities and their potential to appreciate in value over time.
While there is overlap for sure, their markets operate slightly differently. The global collectibles market is much larger than the art market, but art tends to have higher average and median prices than collectibles.
There aren't universal right or wrong answers here. My goal is just to get these ideas out in the open and get people thinking.
Maybe this is too heady a way to look at art, but whether we are conscious of these properties or not, I believe good art will impact us in at least one of these ways.
Much of generative art is deterministic - the same input gets you the same output. But what if generative art could begin breaking free from a predestined output? Hear about this and more in this interview with @artemisandarts and @VanArman about Artemis's upcoming release!
@rodeobrito@artemisandarts Weave really resonated with me; its mix of bold lines and bright colors, along with the story/soul behind it made me decide to bid on it. I always planned on bidding on an Artemis 1/1 and this one checked all the boxes for me :)
So grateful to be able to collect this piece from @artemisandarts, one of my favorite artists in this sector. I prefer to stay in the background but hope to start posting a bit more over time to support the hard work of artists whose work I greatly admire.