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MakersPlace Editorial | Digital Art Criticism, Educational Content, & Artist Interviews MakersPlace Editorial Digital Art Criticism, Educational Content, & Artist Interviews Menu Guides Announcements Spotlights Marketplace ? Podcast Announcements , Company Eleonora Brizi Joins MakersPlace as Curator MakersPlace is excited to welcome Eleonora Brizi to the MakersPlace Curation Team, which we recently introduced. Featured Post Spotlights Anamorphosis, Land Art, and Giant Tardigrades — Interview with Patrik Proško Patrik Proško masterfully navigates hyperrealism, anamorphic illusion, and site-specific art, challenging perceptions of reality via intricate, ephemeral work. Featured Post Spotlights War Zones & Anthropological Expressionism — Interview with DocT DocT shares his journey from a background rich in humanistic education and street art to transformative experiences in medical and conflict zones Featured Post Essays , Spotlights Language, Lineage, and Transhumanism in Sasha Stiles’ FOUR CORE TEXTS Sasha Stiles’ FOUR CORE TEXTS is both a poetry collection and a symphony of voice, visual art, and cutting-edge technology. Featured Post Spotlights Architecture, Mythology, and Luck — Interview with Javier Arrés Javier Arrés dives into his MECH Army series, a blend of architecture, mythology, and art to create sculptures that showcase futuristic and historical influences Featured Post Spotlights Liminality, Learning, and Systems of Control — Interview with Quantum Communications Quantum Communications discusses his shift to digital art and using 3D to explore liminal spaces that blend surrealism with grainy VHS realism Featured Post Announcements , Company Eleonora Brizi Joins MakersPlace as Curator MakersPlace is excited to welcome Eleonora Brizi to the MakersPlace Curation Team, which we recently introduced. Featured Post Spotlights Anamorphosis, Land Art, and Giant Tardigrades — Interview with Patrik Proško Patrik Proško masterfully navigates hyperrealism, anamorphic illusion, and site-specific art, challenging perceptions of reality via intricate, ephemeral work. Featured Post Spotlights War Zones & Anthropological Expressionism — Interview with DocT DocT shares his journey from a background rich in humanistic education and street art to transformative experiences in medical and conflict zones Featured Post Announcements , Company Drops Are Dead, Long Live Exhibitions Our new homepage and terminology present functionalFeatured Post Spotlights Architecture, Mythology, and Luck — Interview with Javier Arrés Javier Arrés dives into his MECH Army series, a blend of architecture, mythology, and art to create sculptures that showcase futuristic and historical influences Featured Post Spotlights Liminality, Learning, and Systems of Control — Interview with Quantum Communications Quantum Communications discusses his shift to digital art and using 3D to explore liminal spaces that blend surrealism with grainy VHS realism Featured Post Spotlights Water, Space, Light, and Near-Death Experiences — Interview with Blakeney Sanford Blakeney Sanford reflects on her ongoing series, "The Portals," blending environmental art with technology, and connecting viewers to the natural world Featured Post Spotlights Imagining the Never-Was with Brendan Dawes’ Collisions Series Brendan Dawes isn’t interested in reality. The bafflement underpinning his Collisions series was why AI & VR artists just create snazzy versions of the world we know Featured Post Announcements , Company Guiding Principles for the Evolution of MakersPlace Starting now and continuing over the next few quarters, you will see MakersPlace substantially evolving to become a premium brand to better serve the evolving needs of artists and collectors. What’s motivating this evolution? Let’s start at the beginning. MakersPlace was founded in 2018 with a simple vision: to bring the best digital art from … Continue reading Guiding Principles for the Evolution of MakersPlace Featured Post Announcements , Company The Evolution of MakersPlace In bridging the on-chain and traditional art worlds, MakersPlace’s mission to create an easy and intuitive marketplace for artists and collectors remains the same. As the space evolves and matures, so too have we, with lots of recent and upcoming developments to share with our community. We’ve sharpened our focus We’ve learned a lot in … Continue reading The Evolution of MakersPlace Featured Post Announcements , Company Meet Our Curation Team MakersPlace operates on two levels. On one level, we act as a gallery where the best artists and artworks are curated for inclusion in online drops and physical exhibitions at art fairs and live activations and matched with our highest level of service and promotion. We are also a marketplace platform where artworks from thousands … Continue reading Meet Our Curation Team Featured Post Guides Guide to Digital Painting Digital painting blends the fluid spontaneity of traditional painting with the precision and possibilities of digital technology. This art form captures the essence of both worlds, offering artists a new medium to explore their creativity — not to mention a way to make work outside of a studio or away from a clutch of art … Continue reading Guide to Digital Painting Featured Post Announcements , Company MakersPlace Premiers New Work by Transhuman Poet Sasha Stiles in Exclusive Partnership with Bang & Olufsen NEW YORK, March 21, 2024 – To celebrate International Poetry Day and U.S. National Poetry Month, MakersPlace has teamed up with luxury audio brand, Bang & Olufsen, to announce the world premiere of FOUR CORE TEXTS: Humanifesto and Other Poems”, a quartet of media-rich works written and performed by award-winning poet, language artist and AI … Continue reading MakersPlace Premiers New Work by Transhuman Poet Sasha Stiles in Exclusive Partnership with Bang & Olufsen Featured Post Announcements , Company Introducing Storytelling-Focused Drop Pages The car crash that prompted Frida Kahlo’s turn to art and the political climate that motivated her fashion choices. The synaesthesia that drove Kandinsky to paint pure abstraction to represent the colors he heard. The anatomy book that Basquiat’s mother gave him, which later showed its influence across his career. Great art with personal context … Continue reading Introducing Storytelling-Focused Drop Pages Featured Post Guides Guide to Dynamic Digital Art In the mid- to late 1990s, internet art (aka net.art) comprised a small but growing group of international artists, technologists, and provocateurs who latched onto every facet of internet technology and culture to produce evocative work that straddled the boundaries of interactive media, performance art, Fluxus, Dada, experimental literature, and the internet itself. To read … Continue reading Guide to Dynamic Digital Art Featured Post Announcements , Company , Uncategorized MakersPlace Debuts Renowned Artists ThankYouX at NFT Paris and Sarah Meyohas at Art Dubai Digital MakersPlace will also exhibit autonomous artist Botto in Paris, along with painter and poet Shurooq Amin in Dubai in partnership with Leila Heller Gallery. Alchemy of Time (cropped still image of animated artwork) by ThankYouX SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7, 2024 – Fresh off the success of Art Week Miami, MakersPlace continues to showcase world-class web3 … Continue reading MakersPlace Debuts Renowned Artists ThankYouX at NFT Paris and Sarah Meyohas at Art Dubai Digital Featured Post Spotlights Osinachi and the Well-Furnished Room of Art Voices African artists have been creating wonderful pieces. They’ve been creating works that embody the African story. I’m not just talking about artists who are working traditionally. I’m also talking about artists who are working digitally.” — Osinachi Viewing the work of Prince Jacon Osinachi Igwe, known simply as Osinachi to the art world, on a … Continue reading Osinachi and the Well-Furnished Room of Art Voices Featured Post...