Giacometti's "The Nose" special exhibition debuts in Paris, Sun Yuchen rekindles the spark of collision between art and technology
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In the past few years, Justin Sun, the founder of TRON and member of the Huobi HTX Global Advisory Committee, has been active in the ocean of art. From participating in the auction of Beeple's "EVERYDAYS" to purchasing well-known crypto art collections and NFTs, to entering the traditional art market to buy works by top artists such as Picasso and Giacometti, and cooperating with well-known foundations to hold various art exhibitions... The wave of integration between the art world and technology is intensifying, and behind some key nodes, we can see the shadows of Justin Sun and TRON.
1. Justin Sun brings his collection "The Nose" to Giacometti's Paris exhibition
Recently, a world-class art exhibition opened in Paris, France, attracting coverage from many well-known media at home and abroad, including French authoritative and fashion art media.
Giacometti's "The Nose" exhibition in Paris is jointly sponsored by TRON and APENFT
This exhibition is jointly organized by the Giacometti Foundation, APENFT Foundation and TRON.Swiss national treasure surrealist artistAlberto Giacometti's iconic work "The Nose". The organizers have collected all the current versions of "The Nose", among which the work numbered 6/6 comes from the private collection of TRON founder Justin Sun - Sun spent US$78.4 million in November 2021, setting a new auction record for Giacometti's series of works.This work is a version created by Giacometti in 1964.
Sun Yuchen's collection "Nose" (1964) appears in special exhibition
Who is Giacometti, and why is Justin SunXiaobai NavigationAre you willing to spend a huge amount of money to collect his works?
He is one of the greatest sculptors of the 20th century. As a Swiss master of hyper-existentialism, Giacometti's sculptures mostly reflect the fear and loneliness that existed in people's hearts after World War II. With his unique artistic style that has a strong sense of the times, Giacometti has become a representative artist of modern art in the 20th century. He is not only an important figure in art history and one of the highest record-setters in the global art market, but also an "artist among artists" who has a wide influence on many artists in the East and the West.
Giacometti x Angelica The Nose. Cinematographic Sculpture
If we must use monetary prices to measure works, Giacometti beats Picasso in the auction market. According to the Artnet price database, in 2015, Giacometti had 117 works auctioned, with a total of $251.6 million, ranking second in the list of modern artists of the year; while Picasso, who ranked first, had a total of $650 million in auctions, with as many as 2,800 works entering the auction market. The comparison of this set of data also shows that Giacometti's works are rare in the auction market.
It is hard to find a work at auction, so the price will naturally continue to rise. In recent years, Giacometti's works, especially his sculptures, have repeatedly set new auction records at international auctions: in Christie's New York auction in 2015, Giacometti's sculpture "The Pointer" was sold for $141 million, setting a new global auction record for sculptures.
Sun Yuchen's collection "Nose" attracts visitors to stop and take a look
Take Sun Yuchen's "The Nose" collection, which is on display at Giacometti's Paris special exhibition. This work is one of Giacometti's most important and influential sculptures, and is also the "face" of all Giacometti exhibitions. There is even a saying in the art world that "without "The Nose", there is no exhibition", which shows the importance of this sculpture in Giacometti's creative career and its far-reaching influence in art history.
Annette Messerge, "Mother and Child" (left) and Giacometti, "The Nose" (right)
Among all the works in the "Nose" series, only two are currently circulating in the market, and the rest are collected by famous museums around the world, including the Pompidou Center in Paris, the Giacometti Foundation, and the Basel Museum of Fine Arts. This time, Justin Sun selflessly took out his heavyweight collection for the exhibition, allowing more ordinary people to fully appreciate the beauty of Giacometti's art. This is also the first time that his series of works have been fully assembled, and they occupy an important place in the entire history of art.
In this special exhibition of "The Nose", the public also witnessed a new way of exhibiting artworks. Because one version of the "Nose" work was too fragile to be moved, the organizers also used virtual technology for the first time with the help of the APENFT Foundation and TRON to interpret the profound connotation of the great sculpture artwork through modern technology.
2. Art is priceless, collector Justin Sun spends a fortune on it
The "Nose" exhibited this time is numbered 6/6 and is just one of Sun Yuchen's many art collections. In fact, he began to lay out in the art market as early as 2021, with his footprints all over encrypted digital art and traditional modern art. At the same time, he supported the establishment of the APENFT Foundation to promote the innovation wave of digital art.
Justin Sun will serve as Grenada’s permanent representative to the WTO and ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary in November 2021
Looking back at the 2021 crypto bull market, many people are still immersed in the ups and downs of the market and cannot extricate themselves. The proud ones use material things to satisfy their selfish desires, but Justin Sun is different from these people.BlockchainAs an early evangelist and practitioner of the industry, he achieved "success" in the secular sense very early when he was just over 30 years old. He had served as Grenada's permanent representative to the WTO, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, and a series of other identities also made him attract attention in the international community.
Life needs to find new values, and Sun Yuchen finally set his sights on the field of art, which is related to his original experience. As a bachelor of history from Peking University and a master of law from the University of Pennsylvania, Sun Yuchen found from the long river of history that wealth and status are all illusions, and only art can be passed down for thousands of years, so he turned to the art hall.
Justin Sun with his Picasso work "Reclining Nude with Necklace"
In addition to crypto art, Justin Sun also favors traditional modern art. At the 2021 Christie's Evening Sale in London, he spent about 16 million pounds to buy Picasso's "Reclining Nude with Necklace (Marie-Thérèse)" and Andy Warhol's "Three Self-Portraits". Later, at the Sotheby's New York Autumn Auction that year, Justin Sun bought the sculpture "The Nose" for US$78.4 million. In addition, his collection also includes: "Cube" by crypto artist Pak, which was officially sold in unlimited editions, each priced at US$500-1,500; KAWS's packaging painting series "Untitled (KIMPSONS)," was sold for HK$2.52 million at a special auction curated by Jay Chou.
Zeng Fanzhi's "Portrait of Sun Yuchen"
It is no exaggeration to say that Justin Sun’s collection covers a wide range of works, including Chinese and Western, modern and living artists, and digital art. He focuses on the quality and uniqueness of art in his selection of collections, and is also very concerned about the background and creative ideas of the artists. With his unique perspective and accurate judgment, every time he makes a purchase, he not only breaks the transaction records of various artworks, but also shocks the entire collection community.
Of course, Sun Yuchen, who spent a lot of money on art, bought these works not only for personal collection, but more for public exhibition. As early as the beginning of 2021, he announced his support for the establishment of the APENFT Foundation, which is dedicated to promoting the integration of metaverse finance and art, and investing in NFT art as well as traditional physical art. Most of the collections purchased by Sun Yuchen were also donated to the foundation.
Justin Sun bought Andy Warhol's masterpiece "Three Self-Portraits" in 2021
At present, the APENFT Foundation's collection list includes Picasso's famous work "Reclining Nude with Necklace", Andy Warhol's "Three Self-Portraits", Zeng Fanzhi's "Portrait of Justin Sun", crypto artist Beeple's "Ocean's Front", "ABUNBANCE" (5 pieces), as well as crypto artist Pak's complete set of NFT works "Cube", Mitchel Chen's 3 "Digital Zones", etc., with a total value of more than 1 billion yuan.
“We will continue to invest andCommunityProvides opportunities to be exposed to the world's top art." Sun Yuchen once said on social media.
3. The combination of art and Web3 brings about a brilliant new vitality
Only through the continuous integration and innovation of culture and technology can the inheritance of civilization be better realized.
As mentioned above, one version of The Nose is too fragile to be moved, so it can only be displayed in an alternative way using modern technology, giving the old art a new lease of life. Coincidentally, Sun Yuchen’s APENFT Foundation worked with TRON to build an art exhibition hall in the decentralized virtual space Decentraland in three months.BlockchainTechnology has become a virtual collection placed in the center of the exhibition hall for all Web3 users to appreciate. In addition, the exhibition hall displays a variety of NFT art collections of the APENFT Foundation, floating above the undulating digital ocean.
On the occasion of this special exhibition in Paris, the Giacometti Foundation also announced a closer partnership with the APENFT Foundation and TRON, which will sponsor and support important research projects of the Giacometti Foundation, especially funding research and organization of exhibitions.
The cooperation between TRON and the Giacometti Foundation marks the first cross-border collaboration between a leading public chain and a top art foundation. They may leverage their respective strengths to create a new model for on-chain art curation and digitization of top artworks, leading a new wave of integration of technology and art.
In fact, asBlockchainAs a representative figure in the field and a well-known collector, Justin Sun has been playing an important role in the integration of the art industry and blockchain technology. His cross-border thinking and innovative spirit have injected new vitality into the art market and brought new opportunities to artists and collectors. Through active exploration and promotion, he has opened up new possibilities for the combination of art and technology, making people full of expectations for the future of digital art and blockchain technology.
Justin Sun believes that the combination of art and technology helps promote innovation and cross-border cooperation. He actively encourages artists to explore new ways of expression and art forms, and to create unique experiences and interactive methods through technological means. He believes that only through continuous innovation and reform can art keep pace with the times and truly touch people's hearts.
For example, the APENFT Foundation has jointly established the Art Dream Special Fund with TRON to discover, cultivate, and support high-quality NFT artists and artworks with potential. In addition, APENFT has also invested in and incubated dozens of NFT-related projects and supported the NFT Marketplace, completing its main layout in the NFT track and building industry reputation.
In addition, Sun Yuchen is also promoting the development of encrypted digital culture through TRON. TRON is a decentralized platform based on blockchain that can provide content creators with more convenient andSafetyThrough the TRON ecosystem, artists can better showcase their works to global audiences and realize the digitization and circulation of artworks.
For crypto art, a sustainable and fast-growing ecosystem is the foundation and solid backing for empowering everything. Justin Sun and TRON, the TRON behind him, are becoming pioneers in promoting the integration of Web3 and art. The cooperation between TRON and the Giacometti Foundation has also opened up the imagination of the integration of art and technology. In the future, more traditional art partners will join this camp, bearing more brilliant cultural fruits and promoting the development of human civilization.
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