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0018 The Uniform of Unspoken Resilience_
0018 The Uniform of Unspoken Resilience_
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McDonalds_
The Joke and the Threat
When portfolios crumble, the meme surfaces: back to flipping burgers. It stings with self-mockery, sharp and swift. McDonald’s stands not just as a chain, but as the ultimate retreat, the presumed bottom rung.
In crypto, the quip cuts deeper. Risk pulses real, volatility strikes without mercy. Bold bets dissolve in liquidations, charts indifferent to dreams. This work probes that edge: ambition clashing with exhaustion, reckless leaps meeting steady returns, lunar hopes tumbling to wage floors.
McDonald’s, shorthand for defeat, doubles as a nod to endurance. Predictable. Expansive. Everywhere. The irony bites: crypto craves liberation, yet yearns for the order it rejects. This piece explores the wit, the dread, the quiet surrender. Red and yellow’s cultural pull, the meme dispatched in defeat, or as the prelude to reflection.
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Edition of One
A singular work — crafted at this scale only once. Mounted on a wood panel and finished in your choice of oxide black acrylic or clear, near-invisible varnish. Accompanied by a hand-signed certificate of authenticity, affirming its rarity and distinction.
Materials
Acrylic, automotive paint, polymer, reactants, flow conditioners and varnish on hardboard, mounted on a wood panel. Executed with airbrush and silkscreen techniques, applied with precision and intention.
Year
2025
Dimensions
11.75 x 11.75 x 2 in. (30 x 30 x 5 cm)
A material artifact of the digital age - anchored in crypto’s evolving ethos, and rendered with enduring material presence.
