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In case you haven't seen this yet. Jack Butcher Open Edition on Zora, open for another 17 hours. You can mint with warps.
https://zora.co/collect/base:0x82e30a63bccde3724877878a30c4977b52348198/1

I discovered some context on @jack Jack Butcher's Open Edition piece on Zora. Buckle up. It's a masterpiece. 🧵 1/n

First, this is the piece.
The title is: The Physical Impossibility of Provenance

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Now a different piece, by a different artist.
"The Unknown (Explored, Explained, Exploded), 1999" by Damien Hirst.
You may notice some similarities in appearance. 3/n

The shark in formaldehyde is one of Damien Hirst's most famous works. The first one Hirst made was titled "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living" (note the title) and was made in 1991. 4/n

The shark in formaldehyde is one of Damien Hirst's most famous works. The first one Hirst made was titled "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living" (note the title) and was made in 1991. 4/n
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Physical_Impossibility_of_Death_in_the_Mind_of_Someone_Living

The 1991 shark has since decayed and has been replaced with a new specimen in 2006. Apparently these sharks don't last that long. So it's notable that an apparent 1999 shark (the first image I posted) was sold in 2018 or later (I don't know when, but it wasn't earlier). 5/n

Well, not so fast. We just learned that the 1999 shark was actually made in 2017. That's what all the fuss over Hirst is about. You can read it in this Guardian article from yesterday. 6/n

Well, not so fast. We just learned that the 1999 shark was actually made in 2017. That's what all the fuss over Hirst is about. You can read it in this Guardian article from yesterday. 6/n
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/mar/22/damien-hirst-shark-that-sold-for-about-8m-is-fourth-2017-work-dated-to-1990s

We cannot prove provenance with physical art. There is no way of truly knowing when a piece was made and who made it. Hence the title in @jack's piece. Hat tip to him for turning this into his own art so quickly! 7/n

We cannot prove provenance with physical art. There is no way of truly knowing when a piece was made and who made it. Hence the title in @jack's piece. Hat tip to him for turning this into his own art so quickly! 7/n
https://zora.co/collect/base:0x82e30a63bccde3724877878a30c4977b52348198/1

Context on @jack’s latest art  

We recently learned that Damien Hirst, a famous and controversial contemporary artist, dated several works to the 1990s, but they were physically created in 2017 

I think Jack’s point is that NFT provenance makes creation date clear to all

Also thanks to @eddie whose cast sent me down this rabbit hole. 8/8

Also thanks to @eddie whose cast sent me down this rabbit hole. 8/8
https://warpcast.com/eddie/0xbf3c8f37

And here's another article on the same topic, also dug up by @eddie.

And here's another article on the same topic, also dug up by @eddie.
https://www.artforum.com/news/damien-hirst-formaldehyde-works-scrutinized-over-backdating-551178/