Description
| Product ID: | 9781419756917 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CN |
| Title: | Beeple |
| Subtitle: | Everydays, the First 5000 Days |
| Authors: | Author: Mike Winkelmann |
| Page Count: | 400 |
| Subjects: | History of art, Art & design styles: from c 1960, Digital, video and new media arts, Individual artists, art monographs, Electronic, holographic & video art, Individual artists, art monographs |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Beeple: Everydays, the First 5000 Days is the first monograph dedicated to artist Mike Winkelman, aka Beeple, who is known for his daily digital creations: from twisted pop-culture caricatures to breathtaking sci-fi landscapes. Already a celebrity within the community of digital artists and on social media, Beeple became a global phenomenon on March 11, 2020, when Christie’s sold a digital work of his for more than $69 million, launching the NFT (non-fungible token) craze. This monograph brings together Beeple’s first 5,000 images, created and posted daily by the artist since May 2007, and also features an interview with the author wherein he reflects on his career and newfound celebrity. The first monograph on a digital art phenomenon As one of the originators of the current “everyday” movement in 3D graphics, Mike Winkelmann has been creating a picture every day—from start to finish—and posting it online for more than ten years, without ever missing a single day. In doing that, he built an incredible community of fans, becoming one the biggest visual artists on social media, with 1.7 million followers on Instagram and more than 500,000 on Facebook, and establishing an important presence on other platforms.Mixing classic sci-fi themes, pop culture characters, and political satire, Winkelmann’s daily posts are liked and shared by thousands of people. Beeple: Everydays, the First 5000 Images is his debut monograph and features the 5,000 images he has created from the debut of his career through the first days of 2021. This is the book his fans have been asking him to create for years. |
| Imprint Name: | Abrams |
| Publisher Name: | Abrams |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-03-02 |
