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Three hours before\u00a0Beeple\u2019s first gallery show at\u00a0Jack Hanley Gallery<\/a>\u00a0opened today, a long line had already begun to form. \u201cLook, a female,\u201d one of the many men there said when I showed up at 11 a.m., surprised by the rope and line outside the gallery door. (Later, a gallery attendee sheepishly explained, \u201cIt\u2019s great that you\u2019re here\u2014not a lot of women in the space.\u201d) Another man in line, Max Kulchinsky, explained why such a big crowd was already present: Beeple had promised that the first 200 people in line for the show would be gifted a poster, each with some drawings or doodles made by the artist himself. \u201cI found out about this through Beeple\u2019s Discord\u2014he has a private channel for collectors,\u201d said Kulchinsky, who was lucky enough to snag one of Beeple\u2019s $1 drops from late 2020. Most of the people in line had heard about the special event by word of mouth.<\/p>\n

Beeple made international headlines in 2021, when an NFT by him sold for $69 million at Christie\u2019s and initiated a bona fide boom within the art world, but curiously, the Jack Hanley show had flown under the radar. There was little information made available in advance on the gallery\u2019s site, and multiple attempts to reach the gallery\u2019s founder before the show\u2019s opening failed. When I finally got a hold of Jack Hanley on Thursday, he explained that the strategy was purposeful: \u201cHe asked me not to do any publicity beforehand and I agreed. There\u2019s people who seem to want to corner him into making a mistake in one form another, so I guess that\u2019s why.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, a number of enthusiasts appeared to have somehow found out about the show. \u201cWhen he asks me my name I\u2019m just gonna tell him to draw me a penis,\u201d said a man in the line, referencing how often phalluses appear in Beeple\u2019s work. Passing around a joint, some of people eagerly discussed their expectations for the show. Already known for his vulgar political content (think Xi Jinping with boobs and a Pikachu hat, or Abraham Lincoln spanking a naked Donald Trump), Beeple was expected to deliver something even more verboten with this show\u2014perhaps a commentary on Putin, who he has already depicted many time before, or maybe something about the \u201ctech oligarchs,\u201d another familiar subject for Beeple.<\/p>\n

Terry White, a personal trainer who began dabbling in\u00a0NFTs<\/a>\u00a0last year, admired Beeple for his irreverence. \u201cIt\u2019s important,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s free speech. You couldn\u2019t do what he does in China\u2014you\u2019d get snatched.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marla Manfredi, who had driven in from New Jersey with her husband, felt similarly. Yet, she clarified, the political nature of the work didn\u2019t seem to divide the NFT community. \u201cThere\u2019s no debate\u2014it\u2019s about art, about having fun,\u201d she said. That seemed to sum up the general attitude.<\/p>\n

Beeple is a natively digital artist who loves to shock. He\u2019s even a bit of a troll. But this abrasiveness is softened by his Wisconsin mannerisms and accent, his glasses and plain sweaters. The people who love him\u2014and, to some degree, Beeple himself\u2014don\u2019t trust the \u00fcber-powerful, and also don\u2019t put forward strong political views. Instead, they agree that none of these people can be trusted and delight in Beepl\u2019s mischievous takedowns of state leaders and tech gods like Mark Zuckerbeg and Jeff Bezos. (Jack Dorsey, Twitter\u2019s founder and a proponent of decentralization, has been spared the Beeple treatment.) In this way, Beeple is the perfect face for NFTs and proponents of Web3 in general: they want out of the system, not to take sides within it. How that maps onto the existing political spectrum is complicated, mostly because the space is very diverse.<\/p>\n

Finally, 2 p.m. rolled around, and the show opened. Bouncers hired for the opening herded people into neat lines while warning them that they\u2019d be escorted out if found with water or food. \u201cDon\u2019t touch the art<\/a>,\u201d one bouncer reminded everyone.<\/p>\n

After three hours of anticipation, the show was at first a bit of a letdown. Posters were handed out, pre-made and pre-doodled. The energy lifted again though when people saw Beeple standing nearby with a beer in hand. He was quickly surrounded by his admirers.<\/p>\n

The artist seems to have toned it down for his art world debut. (There were no naked political leaders in bunny costumes, at least.) A series of prints on aluminum offers gently dystopian fare rendered in\u00a0Mad Max\u2013<\/em>like dieselpunk aesthetics.\u00a0GOOGLE DATA 2079<\/em>,\u00a0AMAZON MOBILE SITE 2091<\/em>, and\u00a0NETFLIX 2087\u00a0<\/em>(all 2017) depict haphazardly stacked shipping containers, cranes, and satellite dishes in barren wastelands. Like these works, most other pieces in the show depicted junk-like architecture of the future.<\/p>\n

Beeple included a few oil paintings as well. In\u00a0ZUCK\u00a0<\/em>(2021\u201322), the giant, decapitated head of Mark Zuckerberg lies discarded on the ground, with tears in its eyes as people look on.\u00a0YOU GOT MAIL<\/em>\u00a0(2021\u201322), another print, depicts a headless Jeff Bezos. A flipped Amazon logo forms a frowny face in part of the work, and people in hazmat suits surround Bezos. In\u00a0TOXIC MASCULINITY<\/em>\u00a0(2021\u201322), Bezos is again the subject, this time surrounded by penises that sprout from his many giant heads. All works are accompanied by associated NFTs that go to the owner of the physical works.<\/p>\n

Hanley said multiple people had expressed interest in buying each of the works.\u201dIt\u2019s not clear how we\u2019re going to sort that out yet,\u201d he said. Hanley seem surprised by the line he had seen growing outside\u2014an unusual sighting at his gallery or, for that matter, any New York gallery. I told him the audience outside his door was excited. \u201cAre they<\/a>?\u201d Hanley responded. \u201cI\u2019ve been signing bills in here all day. I\u2019ll come out and see it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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