I just minted my first NFT since last month’s Space Loaf, which set a new sale record at auction as part of CryptOGs from Bonhams + SuperRare. SWAMP is now open for bidding.
SWAMP is a signature VideoPainting I created in my studio from May to June 2021. I see this piece as a humorous response to the sort of happy-stress I’ve been experiencing through my involvement in the Crypto Art boom.
The piece is directly inspired by an oil pastel drawing I made in the summer of 2008, when I was experiencing the similar happy-stress of my last quarter of college. My friend kept a bucket of markers and crayons in her apartment for me, and I drew many demented doodles while my friends got smebbed. It was a lovely time, and I was sad that it was ending.
SWAMP is a playful depiction of existential dread. It shows a creature indulging itself in a performance of suffering, despite being exactly where it’s supposed to be. The frog isn’t drowning in the swamp, the frog *lives* in the swamp.
Silly little froggy!
SWAMP is now available on SuperRare.
***UPDATE: the reserve was met 1.5 hours after the piece was minted, kicking off a 24h auction countdown. The auction will end ~2:45pm ET / 11:45am PT on July 16th, with the clock extending 10min with each new bid in the final minutes.