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Ricci Albenda

breathe. (Study: 1,1)

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December 17, 07:09 PM GMT

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6,000 - 9,000 USD

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Ricci Albenda

breathe. (Study: 1,1)

MP4

Executed in 2022, this work is unique and was minted in 2024.


Token ID: 1

Smart Contract: 0x63b15ca250b65efc016fc4629c771d29093d27fa

Token Standard: ERC-721

Blockchain: Ethereum




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Ricci Albenda (b. 1966, Brooklyn, NY) lives and works in New York, NY. Albenda’s painting and sculpture, drawing as much on design as cognitive science, explore the mechanisms of language and spatial perception via color, geometry, and craft. He received a B.F.A. from Rhode Island School of Design (1988) and has exhibited widely since the ‘90s. His work resides in prominent museum collections including: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; and Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, among others.


Ricci Albenda’s first NFT series in partnership with DMINTI show the creation of Albenda’s iconic paintings bearing the word “breathe.” Ricci Albenda’s NFT is based off of breathe., an exhibition of new works previously displayed at Andrew Kreps Gallery. The exhibition consists of four paintings that are each centered on opposing walls, each bearing the word “breathe.” lending the exhibition its title. While seemingly uniform at first glance, the individual compositions are layered with the history of the artist’s decisions, forming a progression from frenetic mark-making to reserved, and decisive brushstrokes. Inviting further contemplation, these idiosyncrasies imbue the works with a sensory quality, allowing recognizable text to slowly shift and morph into new abstract forms.


For the past two decades, Ricci Albenda has performed an investigation into language, exploring the ways in which the written word is simultaneously a visual, personal, and intellectual entity. Simultaneously, Albenda has also developed his own system in which alphabetical and numerical systems are paired with the color wheel: Vowels fall onto the archetypal hues of the prismatic ROYGBIV spectrum: a = Red, e = Orange, i = Yellow, o = Green, u = Blue, and y finds itself between Indigo and Violet. Numerals occupy the magenta tones, connecting the end of the alphabet with its beginning to form a complete color wheel. Within these investigations, each work becomes its own framework and site of inquiry, demonstrating versatility, and most importantly, the sense of play inherent to studio practice.