Mark Wilson, an artist known as Favorite People, has a truly unique style to his art, with the presence of a bag of ground beef: grotesque, performative, thought-provoking and comical. .
In a digital art market where supply can be endless, Indiana-based artists really stand out from the crowd with their attention-grabbing ability to often poke fun at the NFT space and bring out both humor and sadness in their work.
The author of five books, die withthemost likes is passionate about the visual arts as well as recording his own stream of consciousness. He originally issued the first NFT by the Foundation on March 26, 2021, after a random account was contacted by X because Wilson had created a joke campaign poster for comedian Eric Andre that went viral.
“This friend contacted me and said this. ‘I have an invitation from the foundation. Would you like to cast a piece there?’ I said I didn’t know what mint was. I don’t know what a foundation is. I have no idea what this is,” explains Diewiththemostlikes.
“He said, ‘That could be a good avenue for digital art,’ so I said, ‘Well, shit.’ I don’t think I’m doing anything with it now. Damn porn bots are getting two likes on Instagram. So, maybe you can make something, whatever it is, and finally sell something as an artist. I think that would be great.’”
Although he had a relatively slow start, consistency and persistence stood him in good stead, and he was often praised by OSF and other notable artists.
Now that he’s knocked on the door of digital art stardom, Dai still doesn’t quite understand his place.
“Honestly, I still can’t wrap my head around what’s going on. I thought I was just going to die alone doing something I hated. It’s really cool to be a part of this kind of movement with other crazy artists who are on this crazy trajectory and are constantly leveling up. “It’s pretty rough,” he said.
Origin of the catchy and cumbersome name
How did you come up with the name that has so many favorites? Well, there’s humor and underlying meaning in classic “death” fashion..
“I have the most common name of all time: Mark Wilson. When I apply for an apartment people will think it’s a scammer’s name. Because Mark Wilson is a very common name here in the United States. “They did a background check and thought I was a fake person.”
“My name is okay… During interviews, many people ask me what I call myself. It’s a really long and unpleasant name, but I feel comforted by it. “The inconvenience and not being able to decide what to call it is amazing.”
The name is a mockery of a world where we look for ‘likes’ for dopamine hits on social media. Wilson points out that this is a transactional existence.
“It’s a really interesting summary of our entire transactional existence, and shows how sad and depressing it can be in many ways. But also the beauty of it is that obviously none of us will be here. Without Twitter we wouldn’t be here talking. Obviously my art wouldn’t do what it does now and it wouldn’t be able to impact anyone without a platform.”
Find stories in unfamiliar places
Observing society and its idiosyncrasies is deeply inspiring, and his work often conveys overt or sometimes subliminal messages that make collectors really stop and think.
Of course, always a prankster with a dry sense of humor, he’s quick to tie his bow with some bombastic window dressing when his favorite dies.
“I would say that there are stories in the most unusual places. “Every saggy ass walking around the filth of this country has a story,” he says. “It’s in those subtle little wrinkles, scabs and scars that I like to thrive and exist.”
“This lens on life and humanity is often exaggerated. If you look more deeply at my work, it’s definitely documentary, but on a very superficial level it’s grotesque.”
Good meat! sublime satire
The tsunami of cryptocurrency X accounts posting “gm” led to a series of meat art.
“Good meat originally came from a place of complete ridicule, and that’s where I feel a lot of art comes from. It’s satire. It’s a mockery. It’s delightful. I was really annoyed by the status of the transaction where everyone just said ‘GM’ and said nothing. It was the GM holding a damn coffee mug. That was it. Then only gm, gm, gm, gm will be displayed. It’s like, ‘What are we all doing here? ‘This is crazy, man,’ says Wilson.
“So I came up with good meat as a way to make fun of that, and originally I made art out of the pieces, but then it transitioned into what it is now. I’ll just post pictures of the meat now because it’s perfect for boring exchanges. A boring morning conversation in which we all participate.”
“This place is like a pile of rotting meat. Enjoy or don’t enjoy. Everything is fine. But it’s funny because now people will either say they’re giving back good meat or they’ll have their own meat-inspired posts. I like meat to infect a space to some extent.”
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Quick Q&A
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“Honestly, I don’t have much. This is because most of them have no background in art. In fact, I would say most of my influences growing up came from the books I was reading. People like Irvine Welsh, Haruki Murakami, Michel Houellebecq, and Hunter S. Thompson. All that kind of absurdity is where I want to live.”
“I definitely want to mention Ralph Steadman, who is a really great illustrator. When I walked into this space, someone said, ‘Your work reminds me of Ralph Steadman,’ and I think that’s amazing.”
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personal art style
“The word I like to use is ‘relentless.’ The style itself is fun. I never took an art class in high school and it was deemed adequate. This is the scope of my art history. I didn’t study art. I’ve been kind of stumped to make these things. It took almost 20,000 hours of creating canvas and acrylic in my basement using an iPad.”
“Thinking you have to get out is just getting you into trouble. Otherwise it will rob me from the inside. So I guess I’ll use the two words ‘relentless’ and ‘unflinching’. “There is an almost psychotic pursuit and urgency to what I want to tell people.”
Who are the hot NFT artists to watch out for?
Xer0x — “I think he slept too much. I think he was a terrible sleeper in many ways. He is a man obsessed with his craft, and he creates very deep and personal work that is a true artistic achievement.”
alien queen — “The Alien Queen is a piece of shit, but she probably won’t come up with anything more.”
james bloom — “He is a true blockchain artist. He’s making incredibly technical, really cool work that evolves and changes based on interaction.”
notable collector
“I have to shout out loud. super rare jack. He was really kind and cool, and got me on board after a ridiculously ridiculous tweet campaign to get into SuperRare. I sent out a tweet saying I had just submitted my application video to be accepted to SuperRare.”
“I’m the one who does DMT and performs. How did Stella get her groove back? Dressed like Hellboy. It was like a crazy tweet, but they just said, ‘This is ridiculous.’ You are turned on. I was already working, but I have to say Zach is amazing.”
Favorite NFT in your wallet
“Oh my gosh, I have to say that Pindar Van Arman did this amazing quantum portrait of me, it’s really special. This is truly amazing. It’s probably my favorite piece I own. It’s such an incredible piece of work and he was so kind to do it. He didn’t ask. “I just did it.”
What do you listen to when you create your work?
“I love music. I mean, I’ll say it’s the stupid part of me that made Nickelback and Creed and fucked up all the other stupid bands, but actually I listen to a ton of doom metal and death metal. Bongripper ( Bands like Bongripper, Gate Creeper, Withered – slow, dirty and brutal is the only way to describe it.”
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Greg Oakford is the co-founder of NFT Fest Australia. A former marketing and communications professional in the sports world, Greg now focuses his time at web3 on event operations, content creation and consulting. He is an avid NFT collector and hosts a weekly podcast covering all things NFTs.
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