DEATH PUNK 281 (Guardians) “The CryptoPunks are the first NFT.” CryptoPunks……”are rightly regarded as the beginning of today’s CryptoArt movement.” ~ Christie’s 2021. [1] If you repeat a lie often enough, and it goes unchallenged, it becomes the truth. “The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became truth” ~ 1984, George Orwell. [2] Luckily, you can’t erase the blockchain. So when institutions such as Christie’s make such claims and CryptoPunk creators fail to correct, such claims will be checked and corrected by people like @wasthatawolf and @robnessofficial. [3] ***** Verify the truth and do not be swayed from your veracity. Trust your instincts but verify your perceptions. ***** Don’t judge a book by its cover….or people by their PFP (profile picture). Or people by their housing. DEATH PUNK 281 (Guardians) is a remix of Grant Woods’ American Gothic, one of the most familiar images of 20th-century American Art. In 1930, Woods was inspired to paint a house in Eldon, IOWA, and included ‘the kind of people he fancied should live in that house.’ Woods’ depiction of ‘the kind of people’ faced criticism for it was suggested his interpretation showed a ‘backwards’ couple and that he had judged Iowans as "pinched, grim-faced, puritanical Bible-thumpers". However, this was not at all what Woods’ interpretation had been. Rather, he claimed it was a depiction of his appreciation for Iowans, and the painting has since been described by critics as a depiction of the steadfast American pioneer spirit. [4] [1] https://www.christies.com/features/10-things-to-know-about-CryptoPunks-11569-1.aspx?sc_lang=en#FID-11569 [2] http://www.george-orwell.org/1984/6.html [3] https://twitter.com/robnessofficial/status/1416445239607189505 https://twitter.com/wasthatawolf/status/1380291838716874752 [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Gothic ***** Some Crypto Art history: The first interaction of Crypto and Art - Crypt. A potential sale of art for Bitcoin in 2010. https://rarible.com/token/0xa571995a60c04471baff944ab4c360c7ed1019c1:10142?tab=details History of CryptoArt - Martin Lukas Ostachowski https://ostachowski.com/about/what-is-crypto-art-or-nft-art/history-of-crypto-art/
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