From Pixels to Dust
Mandala Labs opens their new permanent digital gallery with “From Pixels to Dust” curated by Converging Currents.
Untitled Sea Shanties
The Short Yarn In twilight’s grasp, secrets bold, What shall we do with the ocean’s hold? Glasses high, the stories told, What shall we do with the tales of old? ’Round the hearth, our yarns unfold, What shall we do with the tales untold? Ocean deeps, brave and cold, What shall we do with the …
The Lonely God
Fantastic merges with familiar, as Yawny.jpg questions the role of rationality amidst the isolation of modern life. If there is a defining feature of digital art it is that it is not bound by traditional constraints of production. The only limitations exist within the imagination of the artist, as code will follow whatever instructions are …
CryptoPunks
10,000 unique collectible characters with proof of ownership stored on the Ethereum blockchain. The project that inspired the modern CryptoArt movement Est. value: 895.3 ETH (~$1,477,245) based on floor prices of this Mandala Members’ Punks collection There is no doubt that more words have been scribed about CryptoPunks than any other digital picture, but this …
Typography
It is said that you cannot read while you are looking, or look while you are reading. Unspoken Targeting themes of censorship and erasure while illustratively depicting the dispersion of Chinese characters, from the legible to the illegible. It evokes the origin story of the Babylonians’ construction of the Tower of Babel. Disrupted, unfinished, the …
Mandala Genesis
A digital representation of access to a physical space. Mosaic theory or art collage, depending upon your gaze, embodies the collection of 250 artworks, itself a collaboration of cross-disciplinary artists. We are drawn into the frames by the soft neon lighting, hypnotic orbiting objects, and quickly changing oceanic tides which surround some form of futuristic …
Window Still Life
A challenge to the traditional forms and techniques of still-life art. Let us introduce this work by describing it as familiar. First and foremost, as still-life, it follows the tradition in the form by showing us a skull, as opposed to something alive, with images situated entirely within the frame, as even the pixelated flames …
Eroding and Reforming
Structural impermanence is explored with a fascination for digital materials. The artist asks whether you are witnessing the past or looking into the future. Would you find it surprising to learn that a digital artist has a deep concern with materials? Arsham is a prolific creator of physical objects, pushing them into the future, where …
Ayla El-Moussa
The artist subverts traditional ideas of gaze in this daring landscape whose currents pull you inexorably closer to the shore of the figure. Will you be shipwrecked by the siren’s song? Photographer Ayla El-Moussa is in constant motion, transporting viewer emotions through her layers of meaning, seen and unseen, from warm to cool. Capturing the …
The Currency
Each created as physical and digital, but one cannot exist if the other survives. A collection of 10,000 NFTs. Each NFT corresponds to a physical painting featuring his signature multicolored dots, made from enamel paint on handmade paper. The pieces were initially available for $2,000. Collectors had 1 year to decide between the digital NFT …