Art is a divided thing. It is an expression, an aesthetic experience, a challenge and provocation. Yet it also exists as a pool of capital, a security.
Tokenisation has facilitated both an explosion of artistic production and of speculation on the outcomes of such production. The two faces of art are more closely tied than ever.
Janus-like, 'Lamborghini Dreams' wears these two faces explicitly. It is priced at 82,568 xtz, the current cost of the most affordable Lamborghini - a popular benchmark for success in securities trading. Its price marks the piece primarily as an asset to be sold for capital gain, as most regularly sought and figured in retail investment.
However, at the same time, the price itself serves to investigate the state of art in the contemporary NFT market. It asks us to consider how value is assigned, and how financialization influences and affects the reception of art. Through such investigation, 'Lamborghini Dreams' becomes more than simply an asset, but a critical exploration - an object of art.
