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BOLLOCKS (After Kevin Abosch), 2024

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Description

In late Jan 2024 Crypto Artists began making parodies of Kevin Abosch’s piece ‘LOW EFFORT HIGH VALUE’, part of a series of highly graphic, simple two colour works by the Artist, comprised of just a four word slogan in a square, with forward slashes preceding each word, to fill the space. https://twitter.com/kevinabosch/status/1750044652781138101 Mine was in turn inspired by Punk Crypto Artist Angie Taylor’s parody of it ‘THAT’S WHAT I WANT’ which riffs off the 1982 Flying Lizards cover of Barrett Strong’s ‘Money (That’s What I want)’, amongst a number of remakes definitely the most popular version of Motown’s first hit single. https://twitter.com/theAngieTaylor/status/1750200761303150697 So, why this one and not the many others Abosch has made? The usually insincerely cheery Crypto space with it’s barrage of ‘GMs’ before a lot of people have even had coffee - labeled ‘toxic positivity’ - rejects the vaguest perceived whiff of negativity, plus they seem to have little comprehension of irony regarding their culture; as well as preferring to keep their heads firmly planted in the sand when it comes to the broader serious issues in the community. Yet for some reason the cynical humour of this particular piece by Abosch has been embraced. Both his and Taylor’s slogans reflect commentary on the superficial cultural knowledge, ruthlessly speculative nature, lazy creative and intellectual attitude, and puerile lo-fi aesthetics of the Crypto space; in particular digital Art. Maybe a lot of people aren’t getting it? Unless I’m missing something, but I don’t really believe that. My piece in turn joins the chorus by appending commentary to pay no attention to vacuous grifters and callous cash grabs, by utilizing the now classic Sex Pistols album’s cover with its iconic tri color palette.

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