Artist Spotlight: Beeple — His Story, the Future of NFTs, His Favorite Digital Artist, and More
Kevin speaks with Beeple, the world's most popular and successful NFT artist. “Everydays: the First 5000 Days,” a collage of images from his “Everydays” series, sold for $69,346,250 on March 11, 2021, making it the third most expensive artwork by a living artist.
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Kevin speaks with Beeple, the world's most popular and successful NFT artist. “Everydays: the First 5000 Days,” a collage of images from his “Everydays” series, sold for $69,346,250 on March 11, 2021, making it the third most expensive artwork by a living artist.
Beeple (aka Mike Winkelmann) is a graphic designer who has worked on concert visuals for Justin Bieber, One Direction, Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj, Eminem, Zedd, deadmau5, and many more. He recently made headlines when he sold a collage of his first 5,0000 "Everyday" pieces of art as an NFT for $69,346,250 — making it the third most expensive artwork by a living artist.
LINKS
- Connect with Beeple: Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Tumblr | Behance
- Beeple: A Visionary Digital Artist at the Forefront of NFTs | Christie’s
- Watch Beeple React to the Historic $69.3m Sale of His Digital Work | Christie’s
- Charleston, SC
- Appleton, WI
- Green Bay Packers | NFL
- The Art Basel Banana, Explained | Vogue
- From Basel to Beeple: How Will the Art World Fare Post-Pandemic? | Al Jazeera
- Macromedia Fireworks 1.0 | Web Design Museum
- Everydays | Beeple
- Cinema 4D | Wikipedia
- C++ The Core Language: A Foundation for C Programmers by Doug Brown and Gregory Satir
- Learning Java: A Bestselling Hands-On Java Tutorial by Patrick Niemeyer and Daniel Leuck
- Should You Stop VJing With Beeple Clips? | Zero To VJ
- The Largest Online Art Gallery and Community | DeviantArt
- The Story Behind Beeple’s Louis Vuitton Fashion Line | School of Motion
- Ethereum
- Generative Art and NFTs | ARTnews.com
- The Untold Story of Silk Road, Part 1 | Wired
- The Untold Story of Silk Road, Part 2: The Fall | Wired
- CryptoPunks | Larva Labs
- CryptoKitties
- Nifty Gateway
- ‘President’ Biden? Not Yet, According to Election-Themed NFT that Fetched $66,666.60 | Decrypt
- Beeple: The First Drop | Nifty Gateway
- Beeple Is Selling Ethereum NFT Art You Can Hang on Your Wall | Decrypt
- Status Symbol | Investopedia
- An Introduction to Smart Contracts and Their Potential and Inherent Limitations | Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
- Mark Cuban on Bitcoin, NFTs and What Comes Next: ‘The Upside Is Truly Unlimited’ | CoinDesk
- George Floyd | Beeple
- Listen | Beeple
- Milking Factory | Beeple
- RE: Hot Pockets | Beeple, Instagram
- Would You Rather Fight One Horse-Sized @LilNasX or One Hundred Panini-Sized Paninis? | Beeple, Twitter
- $350k Offer for Beeple | Corrosive, Twitter
- Beeple’s Store | Society6
- Beeple Immediately Converted His $53 Million NFT Earnings from ETH to USD | Decrypt
- Joshua Davis Studios
- Adobe Shockwave | Wikipedia
- Art Blocks
NOTES
- Where's Beeple based, and where's he been? He's in Charleston, SC, but he's from Wis-con-sin. [01:54]
- Why does Beeple view sports and art as similar constructs? [02:56]
- Why did Beeple choose art as a career over programming, and how did he start? [04:54]
- Would you buy O'Reilly classic cover art as NFTs? [07:18]
- How Beeple clips became ubiquitous in the VJ world (which was as surprising to him as anyone). [08:35]
- What's the difference between an artist and a designer? [13:21]
- When did Beeple really start to feel like he could make a legitimate living from his art? [14:49]
- How was Beeple introduced to the world of NFTs and cryptocurrency? [16:09]
- Where did Beeple sell his first NFT, and what were his early impressions of the format? [20:25]
- Why the "everyday" pieces are perfectly made for collecting, and how Beeple justifies their value to the collectors. [23:30]
- Imagining the possibilities: what NFT collecting might look like in the future. [29:36]
- Who were the subjects of Beeple's earliest work, and how did his process evolve over time? [36:08]
- What drives Beeple's more topical work? [37:59]
- So...the Dick-Milking Factory. What's that all about? And will it incite a future Hot Pockets vs. Beeple ruling by the highest court in the land? [40:54]
- What's next for Beeple? [43:33]
- How can an art collector of modest means pick up a piece of Beeple's work nowadays, and how does this compare to what his art was selling for just a few months ago? [44:21]
- At the end of the day, how does Beeple feel about copyright infringement? [47:42]
- Other NFT artists Beeple thinks we should keep an eye on. [49:16]
- Digital art isn't new. Only the ability to quantify and commodify it is. [50:19]
- Parting thoughts. [52:16]
- Enjoy the show? Please consider leaving a nice review here so others can learn about and enjoy it, too! [52:45]