Last week I had the honor of being invited as an Intern for the NFT curating project by @0xMQQ where each week an Intern is selected, receives 6.9 SOL to collect NFTs, and writes a thread about their curatorial picks.
The Intern is free to choose any chain and any kind of art. I think it’s an awesome way to spotlight collections, individual artists, and collectives. The choice wasn’t easy. I picked some for their lore within the art space, some because of personal encounters, and others for their importance to the Solana NFT ecosystem.
In this thread I’ll explain what made me choose each piece. This isn’t a ranking, there are incredible artists on every chain. My encounters so far have been more with the Solana art space which has a very unique niche and form of expression, so that’s where I focused for this internship.
There’s not a specific theme, it’s more a broad range of picks I thought I would like to write on. Though they range between still life and the PFP discourse - to me NFT’s themselves are a very young format and medium and pushing the possibilities of it or even the reception and composition, is something exciting happening within contemporary art and crypto.
Starting with “Self Driving Megaworms” @M3GAWORMS - The very first collection I ever minted on Solana. I still remember the rush and being fascinated and totally opposed but at the same time drawn to the artworks and images. It was completely unique and I thin the inspiration came from the then very viral truck driver protests. While the NFT is blending Portrait and the use of Text compositions and shapes from a range of symbols, they have a chaotic energy and are definitely rooted in schizo - culture, making a serious but satirical comment on society - I had never seen anything like it.
Scarecrow by Jim Spindle @jimspindle caught my eye because it’s tied to physical sculptures and for its composition (I believe holding 100 lets you redeem one physical wooden sculpture). To put it into context: Christian imagery, Kippenberger influences, but the way Jim composes background, body, head, and accessories tell a much more layered story - where I think the revolutionary concept was really also in the sheer creativity first of the NFT’s as artworks, then as a format or medium with function in the sense that they are kind of editions redeemable for a unique sculpture.
⋆༺𓆩XxxFPSWRLDxxX𓆪༻⋆ by @xxxfpswrld which is formed by @_boredcactus @conkernasa @Franku271 @HollowCrypto I followed this one from the early stages. Franku and I had a conversation on how rare it is for NFT collections to play with perspective, most collections aren’t necessarily pushing boundaries and are either classic portraits or abstract paintings, which of course is great, but one likes to see new ideas as well. The First-person shooter view was I think never done, at least not as in this collection. Loaded with references, would go too much into detail! You got to take a look at them yourself :)
“Shelves” by @ShelfLifeGroup is a love letter to still-life and interior furniture in painting but also reminds weirdly of Rothko for some reason. The shelf becomes the canvas, loaded with tiny artworks, memes, art-history references, and some gorgeous animated 1/1s. Pure joy. There isn’t much more for me to go in depth here, they are simply beautiful to look at and are extremely interesting playing with going into detail and making me want to zoom in.
The collection @MeanGirlzNFT by @ellievlg is I believe a debut collection by the artist. It sits perfectly between portrait and PFP, using a collage and photoshop technique to build sort of female personas or avatars, while mixing spiritual imagery, kawaii aesthetics, gaming fonts, internet culture, and directly reference personal influences from to other NFT art collections. Rich in detail and multilayered compositions where fore-, middle-, and background merge with each other.
Probably the one most of you already know about @littleswagworld by @supermetalx , for a good reason. It’s extremely important to Solana’s NFT contemporary art scene growth. What impresses me most is the vision: taking the classic PFP collection and expanding it into physical collectible sculptures, an online game, exhibitions, tournaments, and a token. That level of dedication from both artist and community is rare. Huge respect. While using clean backgrounds, and characters in a toy format (reminding me of GoGo-Figurines), notably referencing fashion, anime, toy, and crypto. A contemporary art collection which also works perfectly as a classic PFP project and therefore is to me a great example of how to reach a very broad audience of art enthusiasts and supporters, at the same time they are so individual that everyone can find themselves in one of the characters.
And lastly I would like to highlight @ThiccThugz by @based_d0m Deep trench and art lore. Equal parts genius art collection and meme. I was kind of opposed at first, or simply didn’t really get, I had mixed feelings, but it wouldn’t let me go. When something sticks with me like that, there’s something to explore there. Conceptually loaded: it definitely confronts the viewer with exaggerated traditional masculinity, invites you to sit with the (possible) discomfort, and asks why it triggers, then pushes toward self reflection. Rooted in thugposting, meme culture, and references to pop + gay Black culture. But there is more lore rabbit holes online, a token, and one of the funniest and most committed communities of traders and artists. Legendary.
It was an absolute privilege to be able to do this and I am already excited what will follow. Thank you @0xMQQ for the opportunity and the 6.9 SOL to spend on these artworks. The Solana art space keeps evolving and is definitely worth supporting and following!
Oh snap. And thanks @fairybaby420 for recommending me as an Intern!! I totally forgot to mention this after this long thread. Hope someone reads through it all haha! Definitely check all the collections regardless:)
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