2022 is going too fast: KAWS opens an exhibition at the VR Museum, and Takashi Murakami's first NFT is finally released

An exhibition in the KAWS New Year officially began, and the new exhibition was named "KAWS: NEW FICTION", which seemed to be a bit false

Phantom, what exactly do you want to show us?

Kaws himself warmed up on the social platform for several days, in fact, compared with the current hollyday series, I feel that any exhibition will not arouse everyone's interest, after all, it is similar, not to mention that it is not selected in China, and the expectation value has been reduced.

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The new exhibition was co-hosted by Serpentine North Gallery and held online at the same time, in collaboration with the famous VR museum Agile Art and game maker Epic Games.

The exhibition will run from January 18 to February 27, 2022, which is THE FIRST MAJOR SOLO EXHIBITION OF KAWS IN LONDON, AND UNLIKE IN THE PAST, THE CONTENT WILL BE RELEASED IN FORTNITE, DEVELOPED BY EPIC GAMES.

At the same time, it will also be fully displayed in the virtual world, which means that all the paintings and sculptures in the exhibition and the miniature versions of the entire exhibition will be available as AR works on the Acute Art app, and the global audience can watch it at any time at home.

Acute Art is also said to provide artwork downloads, and selected artworks can be downloaded to their own devices based on the links.

"Fortnite" ("Fortnite") this game, also provides an "island", players can find the location in the game according to the address indication, you can watch the exhibition, play and play the game, just without delay!

Kaws's exhibition provides many paintings and large installations, but players feel that the look and feel on the Agile Art app is much worse, and they can't experience the visual impact.

The production is still a little bit difficult to say, but its style has always been so, compared with the sophisticated game, there is still a little gap!

However, the powerful game provider approach is very low-key, chicken thief's "Fortnite" is obviously not very enthusiastic about this exhibition, the publicity is also very perfunctory, but the cooperation products with Kaws are listed in the store for the first time, taking advantage of the opportunity to circle money.

Although the metaverse is said to be rotten and cryptocurrencies are still unfamiliar to us, players still feel the impact of this new world. Trendy artists are in the pit, the wind here is too big, even if things are a little rough, but the money is too easy to make!

Just a day before Kaws' exhibition, Takashi Murakami officially released his first NFT work, which had been launched before, but was hastily removed because it was "not ready".

After nearly a year of study, it is obvious that Grandpa Murakami has moved, and at this time, even the avatar has been replaced by the cooperation of the well-known virtual design team RTFKT, which shows the great determination!

Although these new things have brought us a different experience, players still feel that there is an inexplicable emotional connection between e-books and real books, which information technology cannot surpass or replace, and walking in the museum to truly feel the story brought to them by the artwork is not something that a VR glasses can do.

There will definitely be more new works coming out after that.

I hope the world doesn't go too fast, so that we have more time to feel the beauty of slowness.