Editions: Too Much Information

Gavin Shapiro’s work, at its core, is intended to make viewers smile. By juxtaposing hyper-serious technical meticulousness with lighthearted (and often adorable) subject matter, Shapiro presents a tongue-in-cheek worldview that pokes fun at exaggerated notions of self-importance and overintellectualism found in the traditional art world.

In Too Much Information, an eager bird is repeatedly crushed under the weight of a falling book. A metaphor for the artist’s own sense of futility in trying to keep up with the ever-increasing pace of technological advancement, the work was first presented at the Museum Zoetrope in Antarctica in the way it was intended to be seen: forty enormous oil paintings in the timeless style of Renaissance masters, set in motion through traditional real-world animation techniques.

This piece can be obtained for free by burning one edition of Power (8^2 rarity).
Burn page: https://app.manifold.xyz/br/toomuchinformation
Power: https://opensea.io/collection/power-vs-meaning-by-gavin-shapiro