Summary
- Art-Fashion Collective MSCHF’s latest artwork “Solomon Baby” will be held at Pioneer Works on July 10.
- The large sculptures are priced at $100,000 and will be allocated and repriced based on the number of buyers.
Slices will continue to perform two-day duration performance in Pioneer’s work or can be viewed online.
After turning Material valueheld earlier this year at Nanzuka underground MESF With “The Baby of King Solomon” returns to Brooklyn’s Roots, a massive sculpture carrying the butcher. July 10th The works of the pioneersthe work resurrected the biblical fable with a contemporary twist, putting its dismembered fate in the hands of the buyer.
The premise is simple: if sold to only one buyer, the sculpture will be sold for $100,000. But if multiple parties tweet, the artwork will be separated accordingly—two buyers will get half of $50,000 each, three buyers mean three pieces, and so on. This is what the collective calls “financial trust falls”, inviting collectors to gamble, hoping that others can follow and trace back to their purchases reasonable.
The project established MSCHF’s participatory glasses, revealing the absurdity of market value and value through satirical inventions and works of art. This is the same game of trust and ownership in previous works, such as Art Basel Miami ATM rankings Or their time Cut off and sell Damien Hirst as a single point.
Sales open Kingsolomonsbaby.com It will be held on July 10 at 2 p.m. ET. Public reception was held from 7-9pm on Pioneer staff, with a ceremonial first slice at 8:30 pm. Over the next two days, the sculpture will be divided into final quantities in a continuous performance, streamed online and viewed in person. The work will be exhibited in a fragmented final state through Pioneer Work on the second Sunday of July.
MSCHF asked: Why not share the burden?
