XCOPY (artist)

XCOPY is an anonymous, London-based[1] digital artist active in the field of NFT art.[2]

XCOPY
Other namesXCOPYART (Twitter handle)
OccupationDigital artist
Years active2010–present
Notable workRight-Click and Save As Guy, All Time High in the City, Max Pain
Websitehttps://xcopy.art

Works

Tumblr (2010-2023)

Xcopy first emerged as an artist on the social media platform Tumblr in August 2010. He would subsequently post more than a thousand individual works there, uploading every month (other than August 2014[3]) for more than a decade.[4]

Right-Click and Save As Guy

Right-Click and Save As Guy is one of XCOPY's better known artworks.[1] The title refers to the common criticism of NFTs associated with artworks that anybody can save a copy from the web by right-clicking the image.[5]

The NFT associated with the piece last sold for approximately $7,000,000[1] on 9 December 2021, making it one of the highest selling NFTs.[6]

Other
  • All Time High in the City (2018).
  • A Coin for the Ferryman (2018). The associated NFT sold for $6 million USD. [7]
  • Cracked (2018)
  • Last Selfie (2019)
  • Max Pain (2022), released as an open edition [8] on NiftyGateway in 2022. 7394 associated NFTs sold in the 10 minute mint window for a total sale price of nearly $23 million USD.[9]
  • Some Asshole. The associated NFT sold for $3.8M USD[10]

Technique and style

On August 1, 2022, Xcopy released his work under a Creative Commons CC-zero licence,[11] relinquishing copyrights to his works which were not collaborations or derivative content, and dedicating those rights to the public domain. CC0 licensing has been used to increased artwork visibility and usage.[12]

See also

References
  1. "PAK to XCopy: 10 NFT artists from across the world you need to know". Yahoo News. 2022-10-26. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  2. "XCOPY Fortune NFTy 50 Fortune". Fortune.
  3. "XCOPY: Archive". CRYPTO X ART.
  4. "Sotheby's Metaverse". metaverse.sothebys.com. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
  5. Gault, Matthew (November 3, 2021). "What the Hell Is 'Right-Clicker Mentality'?". Vice. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  6. "The 10 Most Expensive NFT Artworks of 2021, From Beeple's $69 Million 'Everydays' to XCOPY's $3.8 Million Portrait of 'Some Asshole'". artnet.com. 27 December 2021.
  7. "The 11 Most Expensive NFTs Sold in 2021 You Need to Know About". Yahoo Finance. 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  8. Whiddington, Richard (2023-02-24). "So-Called 'Open Editions' Are Suddenly Reigniting the Wintry NFT Market. Here's Why They've Become So Popular With Collectors". Artnet News. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  9. "PAK to XCopy: 10 NFT artists from across the world you need to know". 26 October 2022.
  10. Cowley, Mark (2022-05-20). "The Most Expensive NFTs Ever Purchased". SlashGear. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  11. "Creative Commons - No rights reserved".
  12. "Museums in the Digital Age: Opening up at Birmingham Museums Trust". Europeana PRO. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
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