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This auction marks the only opportunity to obtain Pepenardo's most significant physical painting to date, FAKEGENESIS.

Winner of the auction will receive a complimentary FAKEGENESIS digital asset.

Painting: 22" x 28" (59cm x 71cm), Oil on canvas mounted to panel, 2022. Signed on verso.
Frame dimension: 26.5" x 33" (67cm x 84cm).

The work:

FAKEGENESIS, depicts a gallant masked figure mounted on a glorious green horse, wearing an elaborate gold trimmed uniform, black jeans, and mid-rise sneakers. He is adorned with a large orange cloak which flows in the wind. His head is turned towards the viewer as he gestures upwards towards the mountainous peak. His right hand grasps the reins of his horse while posed prominently on its two hind legs. Keys dangle from his waist belt – “Not your keys, not your crypto”.

This painting was created with the intention to portray symbols of both the Bitcoin and Pepe communities in a subtle yet profound way. The anonymous masked figure alludes to all of us as one group and equally, as Satoshi Nakamoto. The green horse symbolizes Pepe’s contributions in transporting the movement forward, literally by advancing the blockchain.

FAKEGENESIS will become the symbol of crypto. At least, this is the artist’s pursuit.

The winner of the auction will also receive a complimentary FAKEGENESIS.OIL digital asset on an OPENDIME to represent the physical piece.

The artist:

Pepenardo, or commonly referred to as Nardo, Xnardo or Nardo X, is a pseudonymous artist, creative director, and dank polymath of the High Pepeaissance whose real name and identity remain unimportant yet subject to great speculation. A select few eyewitness accounts describe him as being “green, old, but wise as fuck, piercing eyes, casual - paint stained clothing, and possessing beautifully smooth dark hair”. Active since 1452, Nardo’s work epitomizes a renaissance humanist ideal in combination with dogmatic internet memetics. His career grew out of the Counterparty underground scene, the Fake Rares, which initially started as a few dozen renowned artists and musicians. Whose presence has now garnered worldwide recognition.