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Here is what I didnt know:
Why should I care?
But Im nowhere close to being a buyer or a collector of it.
The phrase physical NFT gallery seems oxymoronic.
NFTs are digital art pieces inextricably linked to the blockchain.
Across the street, people watched the crowd grow outside the gallery from a second story WeWork a.k.a.
the exact sort of business Id imagine would be interested in purchasing and displaying NFTs.
Its premise is ambitious: 300 artists works, rotating through the display space daily, available for auction.
At the very least, Superchief aimed to foreground what it would practically look like to display NFTs IRL.
It was chaos magic.
The airbrushed aesthetic calls to mind something youd see on the side of a van.
But the stoner humor and sophomore symbolism (McDonalds arches in pop art?
The work seems ultra-tactile in contrast to the others, made of what looks like layers of painted paper.
I couldnt deny the anti-establishment hopefulness of Superchiefs Season 1 Starter Pack.
But as a casual observer, it was just nice to go to an in-person exhibition again.
Staring at screens is so much more fun in public.
