https://www.huffpost.com/entry/Boxmans-the_internet-sold-to-MoMA_at-record-price
Report by Nigel “Chip” Ritchels
At first glance, “The Internet” by Boxman looks like a nintendo 64 spray painted black with the initials R. BOX and the year 2021 crudely painted on with white ink. When in reality, the now estimated valued £272,440,000 art piece has been purchased by the MoMA for a scant $3.3 million. The price raised eyebrows, but after such incredible work such as Maurizio Cattelan’s “The comedian” (a Banana duct taped to a wall that sold for $120,000)
and “Artwork by Anonymous” (a screenshot of a post on 4chan.org sold for $90,900) anything in this 2021 art world surely is possible.
Why such a dazzling price for a piece of Japonisme influenced electronics? I had to inquire, and inquire I did. Straight from the artist himself, Boxman, who would only conduct the interview fully nude and with a painted white cereal box on his head, and a smaller white box covering the crowning glory of his genitals. The balls and shaft remained fully exposed to my dismay.
Report by Nigel “Chip” Ritchels
At first glance, “The Internet” by Boxman looks like a nintendo 64 spray painted black with the initials R. BOX and the year 2021 crudely painted on with white ink. When in reality, the now estimated valued £272,440,000 art piece has been purchased by the MoMA for a scant $3.3 million. The price raised eyebrows, but after such incredible work such as Maurizio Cattelan’s “The comedian” (a Banana duct taped to a wall that sold for $120,000)
and “Artwork by Anonymous” (a screenshot of a post on 4chan.org sold for $90,900) anything in this 2021 art world surely is possible.
Why such a dazzling price for a piece of Japonisme influenced electronics? I had to inquire, and inquire I did. Straight from the artist himself, Boxman, who would only conduct the interview fully nude and with a painted white cereal box on his head, and a smaller white box covering the crowning glory of his genitals. The balls and shaft remained fully exposed to my dismay.
