What is beef brothko? I must first take a screenshot of the OpenSea page for beef brothko and put it below. What do you think it is?

As you can see on the OpenSea page of beef brothko, its banner image is a wild big butt that is soft and short-haired with the word "ROLLBIT" written on it. The letter "O" is decorated as a chrysanthemum, and several hairs are distributed in a spider web pattern as chrysanthemum guardians, spraying feces-like flames or flame-like feces outward.

As for the cover image, there is a beige rabbit with pink champagne and big pink ears holding it. Despite having acne all over its face, it is quite cute. According to the description on the rabbit's clothing, it died in the Cracker Barrel restaurant. But now, remember to answer it whether you prefer to drink like a scholar or a warrior.

As for the works of beef brothko themselves... I originally thought they were purely abstract, and since the creator diewiththemostlikes himself referred to the series of art works as "beef", I named it "abstract beef".

"Abstract Beef", in the NFT market, has skyrocketed nearly 30 times. The mint price was 0.0369 ETH, and the current FP is over 0.85 ETH.

Invincible abstraction? However, abstraction is not a big basket, not everything can be put into it just because it's expanding. Fortunately, I have maintained a reverence for art. Soon I realized that I was superficial...

为啥叫 beef brothko？

translates to

Why is it called beef brothko?

in English.This is a Mark Rothko-style "beef" created using AI, costing 666 yuan.

Mark Rothko is an outstanding representative of the New York School of painting. The artists of this school have diverse styles, but the common characteristic is that they are all very "abstract".

"The common belief among painters is that what to paint is not important, as long as it is painted well. This is the essence of the academic style. There is no such thing as a good painting created out of nothing."

Mark Rothko started his artistic career with figurative works, but gradually turned towards abstraction. He used color and composition to create different moods and emotions, and refused to provide any verbal explanations that could potentially numb the audience's thinking and imagination from his works.

Mark Rothko's 1953 work "Untitled" already shows similarities to beef brothko. Different colored rectangular areas are vertically arranged on a colored background, which is a signature creation format created by Mark Rothko.

In the world of NFT, there are many art works by "Master Mark Rothko". In addition to the beef brothko introduced in this article, another one with a resounding name is "FAKEROTHKO" by @Vince_Van_Dough.

「FAKEROTHKO」by @Vince_Van_Dough

After explaining the meaning of "brothko", the next topic is "beef". I found the answer in an interview by Elle Bland with diewiththemostlikes this year:

"You use 'beef' to metaphorically refer to humans - criticizing our way of grinding, packaging, and consuming cows, as if we are superior to cows."

However, this is not the standard answer that Elle Bland or diewiththemostlikes wants to convey about "beef". I think diewiththemostlikes must be a creature who would raise a middle finger or spit, and then curse ** at the mention of the term "standard answer".

For me, I am also very unwilling to give "beef" a specific image, just like my fascination with Kafka's "Castle" every time - why do we have to give anything a specific direction or meaning? If aimlessness is a derogatory term relative to knowing the direction, then aimlessness is the best ridicule for those stubborn heads who are obsessed with direction.

"the year dad died" by diewiththemostlikes

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"Dad takes us to his favorite highway attraction once a year,"

"He tells us it's the reason he has us."

"We don't know what he means,"

"But he's happy."

"Staring at a pile of rotting meat,"

"It lies limp in an unremarkable median, soaked in grass."

"He points at flies and says they remind him of his father,"

"Sometimes laughing, at extremely corroded shards,"

"Sometimes crying, in weather that calls for it,"

"Sometimes buying souvenirs, from a man who died of alcohol poisoning, seemingly unrelated to the meat,"

"But we stand loyally before the decaying altar,"

"We laugh or cry with him,"

"Depending on whether we have tears."

"Because the rest of the year is silent,"

"Noise stirring the flies,"

"Their legs caked in feces, helping us sleep,"

"He adds a few coins to the rusty can and says it's a protection fund,"

"Although the mound seems to shrink every year,"

"Dad seems to know he's losing what he loves most,"

"Although his donations have never been collected,"

"We wonder why he doesn't do more,"

"But we don't ask,"

"Because we know he has nothing more to give,"

"We finally got busy,"

"Then stopped,"

"Dad never really talked about that time in our lives,"

"After he died,"

"We went to that median,"

"The meat was gone,"

"We like to think he took it,"

"But he knew he'd want it to stay,"

"In the middle of the highway."

When I first saw this picture and read this poem, I seemed to be able to face the stench of death, because the true sadness almost made it difficult for me to breathe. When facing loss, I always feel like a piece of flesh that only perceives light.

But this is just my understanding, the image I have depicted, and you can too. The concreteness of the image itself is meaningless, what is important is the emotional impact that will create a connection among us...

Speaking of which, let's return to NFT. You may not be familiar with diewiththemostlikes, but with this abstract art style, he may already be considered one of the hottest crypto artists today.

"Abstract Master" diewiththemostlikes

I've been thinking for a while, how to introduce this brother properly... It seems that the best way is to use the introduction on his SuperRare personal page:

"diewiththemostlike" is an energy drink that floats in the reservoir outside the strip club in your hometown. It doesn't create anything, it just consumes."

diewiththemostlikes is a piece of art created by an artist in 2014, which later became their Twitter handle. In their view, this name encapsulates modern life - a group of people wearing respirators dying in hospital beds, spending their last moments in life in a frenzy of digital likes. At the same time, it also reflects the absurdity of human nature - humanity gradually degenerating into diligent insects, tasked with extracting meaning from "likes".

In June of this year, he sold two 1/1 pieces on SuperRare, earning a total of 24 ETH. Half a month ago, he launched 364 "chub packs" on Nifty Gateway at a unit price of $69.69, with the chance to open any one of 47 different pieces. I really like two of the pieces in the "chub pack".

"abeef road", when translated phonetically, surprisingly matches the Chinese phrase "一笔腐肉" (meaning "a stroke of rotten meat"), which is quite interesting. The other one is "goodnight moon".

Abstract people always need a bit of abstract inspiration. Just like how a tractor can't function without diesel, the constant companion of diewiththemostlikes is always Zilong.

It's very interesting that the older brother remembers clearly who started the copyright war... Seeing Blur, who didn't value the creators, being shut out by the older brother, I have nothing but admiration for him in capital letters...

Blur asked why beef brothko cannot be traded on Blur, and also mentioned that OpenSea offers optional taxes. Don't forget about me.

The older brother's rejection of the Blur's statement is also very interesting:

"Every meat market is unbearable. It's just finding a butcher who still has some obvious, but diminishing, humanity left."

It's really an interesting artist. I'd love to have a chance to have a Four Loko with him someday.

beef brothko is an NFT born in the "Cultural Palace"

Just by searching for related information, it is easy to mistakenly think that beef brothko simply went through a simple Mint release process on their website, with a sale price of 0.0369 ETH. However, in reality, beef brothko participated in a very interesting activity at the 2023 Crypto Art Weekend event jointly organized by glitch and ArtBlocks.

Wild Activity Poster

Just as described on the official Twitter account of Glitch, diewiththemostlikes has turned the Glitch art space into a "pawnshop":

According to the description by @VanArman, diewiththemostlikes trades with items including but not limited to yellow golf socks... (Image source: @VanArman)

Other than diewiththemostlikes' beef brothko concept art night, I also searched for other events during this crypto art week, which were quite diverse. They included personal exhibitions, Chromie Squiggle small events, and PROOF's live podcast. As this event was held at the glitch art space in Marfa, Texas, it was also referred to as "Marfa".

I also watched some live video recordings on Twitter, and the participants were all having a great time. As an NFT content creator in Asia, I have only two words - I want to go...

NFT still has many people who truly enjoy art and appreciate its unique charm. Just like many other works created by artists such as beef brothko and diewiththemostlikes, you may find them foolish or ridiculous, and wonder if they belong on a wall as "garbage".

I think this may just embody the charm of encryption art - new storage media, new cultural environment, new ways of presentation... Here, these issues become ridiculous instead.

Conclusion

In my opinion, there would be no NFT ecosystem today without creators, and I have great respect for them. Because diewiththemostlikes has a very high abstract value, I like him even more. (I must say that I haven't written how abstract he is yet, and I highly recommend everyone to check out his Twitter and see his other works to feel it.)

Finally, in an interview with Elle Bland, diewiththemostlikes said the following, and I believe this can even be considered one of the reasons why NFTs won't die:

"Don't misunderstand me, selling works is a great thing - but I think if you're not careful, it's easy to sell yourself along with them. Always feeding on the latest trendy products, constantly shifting in the hands of strangers on the internet with wrinkles and twists. Essentially succumbing to the inevitable evolution of factory-line production - making art to make money, not to create or explore. This is no one's fault. We all have to make a living, and I think that's the charm of art, a pile of lifeless shit may mean something to someone. But no matter how the market changes, I will create art. It's something that lives inside me."

For the CULTURE!

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