BALLOON PEPE | 1994 AD | POLISHED STAINLESS STEEL | A HIGHLY POLISHED BALLOON LIKE FORM TRANSFORMS PEPE INTO A MONUMENT OF SURFACE, SCALE AND DESIRE. CAST IN MIRROR FINISHED STAINLESS STEEL AND COATED IN LUMINOUS GREEN AND RED THE FIGURE ELEVATES A DIGITAL FOLK CHARACTER INTO THE REALM OF LUXURY OBJECT AND MUSEUM ICON. THE MATERIAL ITSELF IS CENTRAL TO THE WORK'S INTENT. THE IMMACULATE REFLECTIVE STEEL SUGGESTS THE VIEWER IS ALSO A PART OF THE WORK, AS MEMETIC TRANSMISSION REQUIRES THE POWER OF THE MANY. HERE THOSE ATTRIBUTES ARE APPLIED TO ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE CHARACTERS OF THE INTERNET BLURRING THE LINE BETWEEN HIGH ART MASS PRODUCTION AND MEMETIC FAME.

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