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Grant Riven Yun, a PROOF Grails Season II artist, joins NFTStatistics to discuss the nontraditional digital origins of his art and how he harnesses the power of ADD as a medical student, pro breakdancer, and top-tiered NFT artist.
LINKS
- Grant Riven Yun: Website | Twitter | Instagram | SuperRare | Reddit
- NFTStatistics | Twitter
- Store by Grant Riven Yun | Grails II by PROOF
- Midwest | Grant Riven Yun
- California | Grant Riven Yun
- Japan | Grant Riven Yun
- Northeast | Grant Riven Yun
- Discover Paoli, Wisconsin
- San Francisco Bay Area | Visit California
- An Open and Inclusive Community Centred on Uplifting Asian and Asia-based Artists and Creatives | NFT Asia
- The Leading Annual Non-Fungible Token Event | NFT.NYC
- Special Delivery by Grant Yun | Sotheby's
- gn by Grant Riven Yun | SuperRare
- The Story Behind My Art by Grant Riven Yun | Medium
- Chazen Museum of Art | University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Standard Station by Ed Ruscha | The Art Institute of Chicago
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Grant Wood | Wikipedia
- Art Movements: Precisionism | Artland Magazine
- What Is Vector Art? | Adobe
- A Photo I Shot in Northern Wisconsin Last Week vs. “Empty Roads” | Grant Riven Yun, Twitter
- Junction by Grant Riven Yun | SuperRare
- Midnight In Japan by Grant Riven Yun | SuperRare
- Rule of Thirds in Photography: The Essential Guide | Digital Photography School
- 17+ Interesting Vending Machines in Japan You'll be Surprised to Know Exist | Interesting Engineering
- All the Differences Between American and Japanese 7-Eleven | Food Wars
- Chromie Squiggle by Snowfro | Art Blocks
- Grant Riven Yun's Collaborations | Avant Arte
- Collector Spotlight: Famed Art Collector Adam Lindemann on Bridging Art Worlds | PROOF
- What is ADHD? | CDC
- Riven Vs. Samael - Finals - UBL Open Qualifier | YouTube
- Cow by Grant Riven Yun | SuperRare
- Digital Art Collection | Grant Riven Yun
- Art Blocks - Generative NFT Art with Erick Snowfro | PROOF
- The Importance of Generative Art | Tyler Hobbs
NOTES
- [00:00] Intro.
- [02:06] What does Grant aim to convey with his art?
- [05:00] How Grant chooses his subjects.
- [07:16] Finding beauty in everyday surroundings.
- [09:36] The recent Sotheby's sale: how it transpired and why he chose the featured piece.
- [12:37] Guessing what the market wants.
- [14:16] gn.
- [16:56] Grant's thoughts on CC0 and earning revenue from his work.
- [21:17] Grant's art background and sources of inspiration as a "neo-precisionist."
- [35:06] You don't have to worry about breaking the rules if you bypass them entirely and create your own.
- [38:41] When participating in the overall NFT community as an artist, Grant says "oversharing [is better] than not sharing at all."
- [46:07] Prioritizing how to best interact with potential collectors and publicize one's work in the NFT space.
- [52:49] Balancing supply with demand.
- [1:03:23] How does Grant find the time to be a doctor and a breakdancer on top of his NFT art career?
- [1:05:39] Distraction as a superpower.
- [1:08:12] Breakdancing and NFTs as IP.
- [1:13:21] The story behind Grant's distinctive "cow" PFP.
- [1:17:03] Art Grant has been collecting.
- [1:18:45] Is Grant a digitally native artist by preference?
- [1:21:12] On the phenomenon of momentum.
- [1:25:52] Parting thoughts.