DeeKay Kwon Surprises Collectors With First-Ever Open Edition

On Aug 10, South Korean animator DeeKay Kwon and pseudonymous digital artwork patron Cozomo de’ Medici introduced the launch of Kwon’s first-ever open-edition paintings on Base, in partnership with Coinbase L2 and Friends With Benefits (FWB). The drop has already earned $100,000 within the first hour of the launch, according to a tweet from NFTStatistics.

The mint will probably be out there for twenty-four hours, ending on Friday, August 11 at 9:00 a.m. PT, and permits people who might not have ETH or Base ETH, to make use of a bank card. These with ETH can bridge their ETH to Base on the mint web site.

“Our purpose isn’t to create new hype inside our bubble; as a substitute, it’s about onboarding new frens into the world of digital artwork amassing. And we’re doing this by Coinbase’s new chain, Base, the place anybody can mint by their bank card—making the mint value tremendous inexpensive so we will welcome our normie frens as a lot as attainable. This implies I’m lastly having my IRL frens to personal my artwork,” mentioned Kwon in a tweet.

Kwon’s artwork model attracts main affect from Korean tradition, having grown up for half of his life in Korea and the opposite half in America.

“I wished it to be inexpensive sufficient that folks would care much less concerning the cash facet, and focus extra on the artwork,” Kwon advised nft now.

Cozomo additionally took to Twitter, sharing their imaginative and prescient of making an “inexpensive mint to hopefully onboard many extra into digital artwork.” Having taken his identify from the Florentine banker who helped finance many foundational artworks through the early Italian Renaissance, Cozomo first got here into the digital artwork scene in 2021, dropping on the time $2.6 million on two CryptoPunk Zombies, sharing extra about his background with Christie’s.

He has since amassed an infinite assortment of digital artwork, together with works from Kwon, XCOPY, and Sam Spratt.

His weekly Twitter and e mail e-newsletter, Medici Minutes, paperwork and shares his amassing journey and insights because the digital artwork area evolves.

And the neighborhood appeared tremendous psyched with the shock announcement:

Kwon can even be showing at The Gateway Korea. He will probably be showcasing a lately bought one-of-one known as “Am I Dreaming,” which is a self-portrait that visualizes how he creates his work.