Gajah Gallery gets into the NFT game
The established commercial gallery is one of the first to dip its toes into non-fungible tokens.
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GAJAH Gallery's first non-fungible token (NFT) showcase involves both young and veteran artists, and is possibly the first of its kind by an established commercial gallery in Singapore. But the quality of the works is a mixed bag - suggesting the transition from traditional media to a digital one is anything but smooth.
Among the better works are those by Loi Cai Xiang, a 29-year-old painter who's made a name for himself in recent years painting surreal images of wild animals roaming in or strange rock formations floating above contemporary Singapore landscapes.
His new NFTs depict human figures surrounded by planets and stars, a meditation of our place in the cosmos. These images were first rendered as meticulous paintings (which are also on display), but Loi has taken pains to transform them into psychedelic animated shorts to be minted as NFTs.
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