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UNDRGRND DIGS 036

Bored Calvin — August 1, 2022

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AUG 1ST, 2022

5 Artists From the UNDRGRND Collection 

UNDRGRND DIGS is a periodical feature showcasing artists that the UNDRGRND curators dig. We sift through the social media and NFT platforms to find the best artists waiting to be discovered. UNDRGRND believes in the artists we feature and we will purchase NFTs from each artist featured. Purchases will be airdropped to reward UNDRGRND community members.

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Evrensel Baris Berkant

Evernsal Baris has a distinct style, easily recognizable once you stumble across his profile. The bright yellow background helps his steampunk flying machines pop off the screen. What may make Evernsal go mainstream is his new series, Skullz Band—Almost Everybody Loves Skulls. Creating album covers of a fictional band, Skullz, Evernsal uses classic album images from The Beatles and David Bowie. These album covers send the brain spiraling for more playful album spoofs from The Grateful Dead or the Bee-Gee's Stayin' Alive. Very hopeful that Evernsal continues developing this fun, beautiful series.

Malavika Reddy

When it comes to depictions of sexuality or nudity the most important thing, perhaps the only important thing, is context. When it comes to art it’s important to ask questions. What is being depicted? How is it being depicted? What is it’s purpose? Who is the artist? What is their background? Is it exploitative? Sometimes the easiest way to discover the right answer is to see examples of proper and positive expressions of sexuality. Malavika Reddy’s art is a perfect example. The sensual nature of her art celebrates the feminine and tells the stories of Inuit tales about the female body. Most of the stories depicted come from Angela Carter’s Book of Fairy Tales. It was written in Angela Carter’s obituary that, “Nothing, for her, was outside the pale: she wanted to know about everything and everyone, and every place and every word. She relished life and language hugely, and reveled in the diverse.” Based on what we see in her work we can assume the same can be said of Malavika who shares with us these diverse and important tales.

Deniz Izadi

In the 80s and early 90s the future of VR was depicted just like Denzi Izadi’s art: pixelized depections of humans in a black void on tv screen. Or, if you’re of a certain age, perhaps you’ll feel nostalgic and want to get out your Lite Bright. After watching the retro commercial, it’s fitting that it has a Disney theme, as you’ll find Mickey Mouse ears sprinkled throughout Denzi’s work. She tells the story of a the juxtaposition of her coming from a poor family while wearing Mickey Mouse ears and knowing nothing of the glamorous theme parks and conglomorate that is Disney. The reach of Disney across the planet now mirrors the reach of this global community in NFTs and soon Denzi Izadi's work as well.

Ndroy

Ndroy latest series animates quiet moments in an apartment between two cats. The pairing with a poem adds depth to the lives of the cats. In Heikousen, which translates to Parallel Lines, the poem reads, “Hey, even [if] there is nothing to do, Even if there are no words to exchange, I want to stay by your side just a little longer.” These cats are happy and content just being with each other. These moments of deep friendship, even love, reach deep like the connections we strive to have in our own lives with others. The beautiful specks of dust catching the sunlight add a level of reality to these magically colorful, private moments of these cats.

Pinkysamael

Pinkysameal’s uses digital watercolor to paint beautiful flowing scenes of horror centered around human appearances. In Do you find me attractive?, a woman stands in front of a closet, looking back at the viewer with sad eyes, while her body appears to be in a gaseous state. This gas-like, malleable state appears throughout their work and is left up to our interpretation. In please, swallow me, he invites the viewer openly to interpret the scene of two pale seemingly dead bodies (or singular as one has a healthier glow) floating in a pond. Are they hoping to be swallowed by the pond to avoid further embarrassment? Is one asking the other to help drag them down with them so they can be together? Whatever the answers may be, these images will haunt us well after we analyze them.

Each UNDRGRND DIGS will feature artists our curators have purchased for the UNDRGRND Collection. UNDRGRND will airdrop pieces from our collection to community members via giveaways.

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