MY EARLIEST DIGITAL ART
I re-discovered a 27 years old booklet & a hard-drive with my EARLIEST DIGITAL WORK
I have been creating digitally since 1996
The whole story in this video
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Pointless Gesture trailer a film about my work made in 1981 when I put my paintings on the streets of NYC as a performance about making art. I think it’s still relevant today. Link to the full video here
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Is my portfolio defining collection 🖼️
supply: 299
type: digitized analog piece in motion
art: museum grade
utility: lol..
date: soon, 8pm est
price: 0.136E
ALLOWLIST ONLY 👇
First 96 to retweet + DM me their address get a guaranteed spot
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I’d like to explain why I will be off line for a while. Since last Saturday Yonat and I are in a state of shock. Yonat hasn’t been able to participate on social since and I managed to to keep a meager presence until now. But I am going to stop now and I just want to explain to
Artists please understand, despite this and many bear markets in my lifetime my work is all over the world and 100 pieces are in museums. So never stop, never give up and LFG
HBD to the love of my life
@yhafftka
she is 70 today and I love her more than ever! I am so grateful to her for everything! She has been the most amazing wife, partner & friend and that’s just the beginning because she has been an extraordinary mother too! I wish you everything
ROADMAP
I dug out my roadmap & it became very clear
My portfolio defining edition is going to be a
DIGITIZED ANALOG PIECE IN MOTION
A classic Hafftka
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ALLOWLIST >> TOMORROW
I want to make it hard for the bots to collect this edition. Less is more
My roadmap 👇
I am very excited to be in The Medici Collection with my work “Lovers”, it's purely digital and for me it is a grand marker of how fully I am part of Web3, Thanks
@CozomoMedici
and LFG
Conspiracy, now minted on
@SuperRare
with 5eth reserve. A purely Digital painting 8,400 X 10,200 px.
I wanted to express empathy and emotions through Chiaroscuro.
Thank you to the owners of 10k Hafftka Pepe🐸 My Pepe 🐸 has hidden utility. Occasionally Pepe will be replaced with museum quality works so each of you can hold and explore new art for free. I will always return it back to Pepe🐸 Pepe for the ppl. This is about art 🎨 LFG 🔊
In my own voice/image I tell you about my Pepe, which anyone can mint for free starting Midnight and until 10/31/2022 11:59PM EST, just in time for Halloween.
#LFG
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I've been reflecting lately on my journey as an artist. The past few months have been very meaningful for me.
The meme cards by
@punk6529
&
@NotablePepes
are an important milestone for me. It is the first time I am part of a group that is defined by a cultural movement.
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I am putting my foot down with my new Pepe 🐸 sneakers!👀
I want to thank everyone for welcoming my Declaration of Independence. In the video I tell more about the work that went into Big Me Little Me. and......🙏🙏🙏
Next announcement: Friday
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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Big Me Little Me mint schedule
Monday 10pm EST everyone on the waiting list will be added to the allow list
24h window - no more mints afterwards
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HAFFTKA ECOSYSTEM
My analog pieces are displayed in MoMA, British Museum and many more
My mission is to bridge the traditional and digital art world
My fren at Goldman Sachs thinks I have a good ecosystem, he drew it like this
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MY PERSPECTIVE ON THE CURRENT ART MARKET
To me, success as an artist means independence, whether you're selling at all-time highs or not.
As we endure a brutal bear market, I'd like to share my story of success with fellow artists in this community. My journey has been
Finally met one of the coolest and kindest people in the digital art space!
@RDToTheMoon
was one of the first people I met in this space and he encouraged me it left a lasting impact on me! Today I finally met him in person! LFG
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My portfolio is not complete yet. There is something I am brewing and will announce it soon
My portfolio so far:
-1/1s on SR and Foundation
-Utility Bull Token
-Very rare editions
-10k Pepe edition that changes metadata to show museum grade art
Check out my 🧵 and LFG
As an older artist I've seen a lot of changes in the art world over the years. But nothing compares to what's happening right now in web3. The possibilities for artists and collectors alike are truly incredible.
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Today is my 48th wedding anniversary with
@yhafftka
I minted this piece as a gift and tribute to her! She has been the embodiment of love for me and I am grateful to her for everything. Love is the way. LFG
This week, a legend in our world and trad art, the legend
@hafftka
curates
#ArtTank
.
In partnership w/
@rollbitcom
, $1.5k worth of art will be acquired for Medici Emerging...
Artists, show Hafftka the art 🍷⚔️👇
I am thrilled & grateful to announce I am now an artist member of the
@SuperRare
community! I want to thank everyone who has supported me in my transition to being a Web3 artist!
#lfg
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EXCITING NEWS TOMORROW
I re-discovered major works of mine in my storage – from 1996
It’s huge news to me personally and very relevant to what I am doing in web3👀
I am going to tell you about it tomorrow!
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I am 69 years old and quite a few friends of mine have died already. I have been familiar, I would say, with death and mourning my whole life, because my mother died early in my life and my parents were mourning their lost families my whole childhood. I remember two children
10k FOLLOWERS
I started web3 with a few followers
So grateful I now reached 10K
You help me declare my independence
No middle-men
No barriers to entry for collectors
No boundaries to creating
Just art, culture and people
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More than 100 works of mine are displayed in museums like MoMA, Met & the British Museum.
Since 2021 I fully committed to web3 and my mission is to build bridges between analogue and digital art
SOLD OUT
I am so grateful for the people in web3 and my collectors who made it possible that I Declared my Independence
280 Big Me Little Me
95% unique holders
Next announcement: Friday
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This is the 1st time I am posting my new work “Prometheus Unbound” I have been working on it for the past 8 years. I showed it to friends today for the first time so now even before I have a good photo of the painting I want to reveal it. This is just the beginning of my
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Was just notified by
@SFMOMA
that they granted me lifetime membership for my art in their collection.
Port. of Butch Morris was acquired by their then curator the late John Caldwell, also a
@nytimes
art critic.
When he passed away I painted his portrait which is now in the
MINT ANNOUNCEMENT
@yhafftka
made it possible!
My art will get to the right collectors
1. Allowlist not overbooked
2. Bull Token get preferred AL treatment
3. Excess demand on waitlist for non-claims
4. 24h+ mint > now > wait for more > LFG
“Born again” 2023 8400px X 10200px
Recently I was very lucky that the brilliant and inspiring artist
@ClaireSilver12
visited my studio she helped me understand how I could use AI in my work. I absolutely adore her forward thinking mind & her art. Her generosity and patience in