XCOPY (artist)
XCOPY | |
|---|---|
| File:Right Click and Save As Guy.gif XCOPY, whose identity is anonymous, uses his own artwork as his online identity. | |
| Other names | XCOPYART |
| Occupation | Digital artist |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Notable work | Right-Click and Save As Guy, Grifters, Max Pain and Frens |
XCOPY is a digital artist renowned as a pioneer of Crypto Art and NFTs. His real identity is unknown.[1] He creates digital glitched artworks usually concerning death, dystopia and apathy through flashing imagery and distorted loops, often with nods to the cryptocurrency community. He is also one of the highest selling NFT artists.[2]
NFTs
XCOPY is known as one of the first digital artists to create NFTs out of his artworks. His artworks were first turned into NFTs in 2018 via platforms like SuperRare and others.[3]
Notable works
Right-Click and Save As Guy
Right-Click and Save As Guy is one of XCOPY's most famous artworks. The artwork is considered to be one of the most important digital artworks amongst the Cryptocurrency/NFT communities due to its meaning, which takes aim at those who think saving, or screenshotting an image is the same as owning its related NFT.[4] The piece started to receive attention on 13 March 2021, in a BBC World News article.[5] The piece last sold for approximately $7,000,000 on 9 December 2021, making it one of the highest selling digital artworks.[6]
Grifters
On 15 December 2021, XCOPY launched "Grifters" via Async Art's Blueprints platform,[7] a collection of 666 artworks commonly used as avatars amongst online communities.
Max Pain and Frens
On 24 March 2022, XCOPY released a collection titled "Max Pain and Frens" on NFT platform Nifty Gateway. "Max Pain", the titular artwork of the series, was sold as a ten-minute Open Edition, purchasable from 6:30 PM to 6:40 PM PST by anyone at a fixed price of approximately $3100, with no limits of quantity. It resulted in the highest Open Edition sale, netting more than $24,000,000 in ten minutes.[8][9]
Art shows and features
- “Lugano NFT Week” exhibition at Villa Ciani in Lugano, 2021[10]
- "CryptOGs": The Pioneers of NFT Art" at Bonhams, 2021[11]
- “DART2121” exhibition at Museo della Permanente in Milan, 2021[12]
- “Milano Art Week 2022” exhibition in Milan, 2022[13]
References
- ^ "XCOPY Fortune NFTy 50 Fortune". fortune.com.
- ^ "A look at nine most expensive NFT deals so far". cnbctv18.com.
- ^ "XCOPY on SuperRare". superrare.com.
- ^ "Right-Click Save As Meme". knowyourmeme.com.
- ^ "XCOPY on Twitter:..." twitter.com.
- ^ "The 10 Most Expensive NFT Artworks of 2021, From Beeple's $69 Million 'Everydays' to XCOPY's $3.8 Million Portrait of 'Some Asshole'". artnet.com.
- ^ "Blueprints: The Generative Art Canvas Template from Async Art". async.art.
- ^ "Crypto Artist XCOPY Sells $23M Worth of Ethereum NFTs in 10 Minutes". decrypt.co.
- ^ "XCOPY earns over $24 million from the sale of "MAX PAIN AND FRENS" NFT series". news.cnyes.com (in Chinese).
- ^ "Lugano NFT Week: Non-Fungible Tangible". Assodigitale.it (in Italian). 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Bonhams x SuperRare present: CryptOGs: The Pioneers of NFT Art". FAD Magazine. 2021-06-18. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
- ^ "Al Museo della Permanente di Milano "2121", la più grande mostra sulla Crypto Art". Artribune.com (in Italian). 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Art Innovation Gallery presenta NFT. Digital Art Exhibition". ilgiornaleditalia.it (in Italian).