【2022秋拍】XCOPY《Departed》紐約蘇富比62.5萬USD刷新個人紀錄

2022.09.15

快訊，2022年09月15日，蘇富比「MaxStealth 世界內部：永恆系列」正式舉槌，XCOPY《Departed》估價 USD 600,000-800,000，以 USD 500,000 落槌、加佣金 USD 625,000 成交，刷新個人拍賣紀錄（打破了2021年06月03日，蘇富比紐約《Ngmi》USD 378,000 保持的紀錄）。

Description XCOPY Departed GIF Minted in 2018. 1/1

Non-fungible token ERC-721, this work is unique. Contract address: 0x41a322b28d0ff354040e2cbc676f0320d8c8850d Token ID: 150

Provenance Minted by XCOPY in 2018 Funk (acquired from the above in 2018) Jscrilla (acquired from the above in 2020) Acquired by Maxstealth in 2020

Catalogue note The London-based digital artist XCOPY was an early pioneer of GIF art via the websites Giphy and Tumblr but today is most widely known as an early adopter of crypto art, having been invited to participate in the launch of the SuperRare marketplace in 2018. His neon-colored illustrated GIFs are instantly recognizable for their dark, punk-inspired themes of apathy and dystopia and the distorting “glitch” elements and visual loops which, due to their low frame rate, move and vibrate with a frenetic energy that brings the images to life on screen. One of XCOPY’s very first NFTs, only his 17th mint, Departed shows a monstrous being with multiple eyes that stares out at the viewer. On either side, ominous dark strokes bring to mind the depths of a forest but the flickering static of the background places the creature firmly within the digital realm.