CLONE X - X TAKASHI MURAKAMI

CLONE X - X TAKASHI MURAKAMI is a collection of 20,000 digital avatars by creative design agency RTFKT in collaboration with world renown contemporary artist Takashi Murakami. Since its release in November 2021, CLONE X is one of the most high-end projects in the NFT, which incorporates Murakami’s iconic style with RTFKT’s 3D visual style. The team goes further, describing that "in this advanced civilization, humans no longer reside in an organic form but are instead represented by their digital CloneX avatars. This groundbreaking technology has revolutionized Homo sapiens's ability to self-express themselves through customizable avatar identities. This development also allows Clones to travel across galaxies and expand our civilization into new galaxies and simulations." In May 2022, Gagosian Gallery presented a Murakami exhibition including CloneX, where works were displayed physically and digitally at Gagosian. It was here we saw the 3D CloneX avatars come to life as full-scale figurative sculptures-- the intersection of Contemporary art and the metaverse. Murakami explains: “When I work on a creative production, I make no distinction between digital and analog. I’m always working in the context of contemporary art, and that context is all about whether I can be involved in events that manage to trigger a cognitive revolution.” The features of each avatar determine their rarity, and for this reason CloneX #8871 is one of the 15 rarest in the entire collection. Owned by an anonymous collector, it is the only one with a combination of Gold Samurai helmet, IRI Tech Jacket, and GRN UNDRWRLD, making it one of the most sought after pieces in the entire collection.