For one day only, a $11.7m worth golden cube sat in Central Park. NiclasCastello castellocoin castellocube
, Castello said the idea was to “create something that is beyond our world — that is intangible”, and referred to it as a conceptual piece in all its facets. Along with the installation, the 43-year-old artist had also launched The Castello Coin. The cryptocurrency is traded as
and available for purchase online. The Coin will act as a bridge between traditional and new — amid the worlds of finance, investment, cryptocurrencies, and the digital age. An upcoming NFT auction is scheduled for 21 February 2022. The contemporary artist was born in 1978 in East Germany and currently resides between New York and Switzerland.
Widely known for his illustrious and critically acclaimed work of “Cube-Painting-Sculpture” in 2016, Castello often presents pieces that continue Andy Warhol’s perspectives. In the German artist’s body of works, he often conveys strong messages on the consumer world and its relationship to art and society.
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