Gal Yosef: From Art Galleries to The Metaverse

Every so often, an artist comes along with work that leverages culture so well that it captivates masses of people on an emotional level. The art world has seen it many times – consider the notoriety of Banksy, or Andy Warhol. Banksy’s stencil graffiti often depicted the lives of working people and their relationship with consumerism. What could be more relatable than that in our modern times? In the early 60’s, Andy Warhol famously produced 32 canvases, each home to a screen-printed painting of a variety of Campbell’s canned soup which the brand was offering at the time. With the recent rise of NFTs, it seems that Warhol was ahead of his time. The idea of 32 images of soup cans with varying characteristics being minted onto the blockchain as an Opensea Collection doesn’t sound so far from what Warhol actually created back in the 1960s. Artists today who possess this understanding of how people relate to the artwork through common, everyday images have the potential to significantly impact the modern art world, and particularly the world of NFTs. One such artist is Gal Yosef, who did exactly this when he posted a raw and re-imagined 3D design of well-loved cartoon character Donald Duck to his Instagram back in 2020. Ever since then, a marvelous career has unfolded for the young artist, becoming the youngest artist ever to sign with the Eden Gallery, an international high-end art gallery representing a selection of ...