描述
Every day of July, 2021, Cassils “ate” the diets of top grossing white male artists producing 33 unique cans. Cassils “consumed” these white male artists’ food, “shat” into a can and sold it as an NFT. Cassils's cans are inspired by a famous work of art by Piero Manzoni (1961). Initially the project was announced under the nom de plume “White Male Artist”. This fits into a long history of artists employing pseudonyms to critique a centuries old, outdated art market in which value is determined by the identity of the creator rather than the merit of the work. $HT Coin is released into a market in which only 2% of the top grossing contemporary artists are not cisgender men. At this moment when museums are interrogating the contents of their collections. with respect to race, gender and sexuality, $HT Coin demands that institutions and collectors put their money where their mouth is. $HT Coin brings gender and racial inequality into focus within the greater arts and crypto community. 10% of sales goes towards an LGBT+ Trans/ Non-Binary BIPOC Artist Fund run by For Freedoms. Carbon offset supports Solitary Gardens.
Medium: Tin can, printed paper and excrement (banana, raisins and rum bread, salad, sunny side up egg, bacon, white toast, butter, chicken, hot peppers, paccheri pesto pistachio, spaghetti, bottarga, carbonara tuna, tuna sausage, onion marmalade, squid, grilled swordfish, tuna steak, Sicilian wine)
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