AUGUST 9TH, 2024

5 Artists From the UNDRGRND Collection

UNDRGRND DIGS is a periodical feature showcasing artists that we dig. We sift through social media and platforms across multiple blockchains to find the best artists you need to see now. UNDRGRND believes in these artists: we don't just write about them, we buy their work too.

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Reinis Petersons

I am the scales of justice, conductor of the death choir!

Reinis Petersons is new to web3 and crypto but brings a wealth of talent and years of honed skill to the table. His digital painting style strips the subject to its core essence, wasting no shadows or shapes in conveying the raw emotional humanity of each work. In I Am the Scales of Justice, Reinis portrays blind justice in a raw format, seemingly tormented by the years of responsibility in sentencing his fellow humans to death. If this is just the beginning of Reinis’s career in web3, it is an honor to witness it.

Hariology

If talent plus effort equaled success, Hariology would have already found it. The videos may last only thirty seconds, but the process can take over 30 hours. The amount of time in planning, along with the dedication to a slow process of building images out of Rubik’s cubes and documenting the process, creates nice stop-motion movies for the viewers. Hariology is only missing one thing: a wider audience to appreciate his craft.

L'inquisiteur

Utilizing the unforgiving MS Paint style, no one is safe from L’inquisiteur’s raw, cutting humor, including UNDRGRND. Taking jabs at Tezos and Pepe, L’inquisiteur spares no one from his honest, unfiltered view. We should celebrate this work for its fearlessness, but even if we do, I suspect L’inquisiteur’s opinion of himself would remain unchanged. We are merely witnesses to his creations, and how we feel towards the work does not matter to its creator.

Jotta

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Glitch art is everywhere, and distinguishing differences in quality and talent can be difficult for those not immersed in it daily. What sets Jotta’s work apart is that the glitch extends beyond the artwork itself to include the titles. For Jotta, no aspect of creation is wasted; every white space or text box is an opportunity for expression. Those who decode the glitch titles will be rewarded with meaning and insight that the casual observer might miss if they scroll by, dismissing it as “just more glitch art.”

Pax

Ironically, the cold, soulless machines of AI provide an outlet for those of us with a well of emotions to express. This is what will always separate AI-generated images from AI art. Those who still belittle AI art as “not art” will forever find their critics. Pax is yet another example supporting the idea that AI art is a collaboration between machine and human to create something that resonates with its viewers. From the dystopian distortion of Mass Production to the soft, beautiful colors of Natural Harmony, Pax delivers a full range of emotions and ideas.

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