{"name":"Virtual Surreality","description":"Two lovers embrace in virtual and physical reality. Virtual Surreality borrows imagery from Magritte’s 1928 surrealist  “The Lovers” and the language of single-panel cartoons, to provide a sly comment on modern multi-platform love stories, in the 2020s and beyond. With a wink to the history of art and pop culture, this NFT also points to its future. \n\nCartoons have always lived at the boundary of real and surreal. Amy Kurzweil’s NFTs blur the line between art and tech, work and play, love and imagination. The original images are hand made with ink and watercolor. \n\nKurzweil seeks ways to engage with virtual platforms that acknowledge the artistry and effort of cartooning. Instagram has seen a renaissance of the single panel cartoon, but social media requires constant regurgitation into a feed that only benefits advertisers and executives. \n\nNFTs offer an opportunity to invert the rules; artists can decide where they want to funnel money and attention in the name of their work.","image":"ipfs://QmfPmYSbsobFyGmNF5fjcTNHZqVsNhQsWcoY5Zmhh3A9WL","external_url":"https://www.1stdibs.com/nft/art/virtual-surreality/id-n_BKdmmqFsXd/","animation_url":null,"created_year":"2017","attributes":[{"trait_type":"edition","value":"1/1"},{"trait_type":"medium","value":"JPEG Digital Image"},{"trait_type":"year created","value":"2017"},{"trait_type":"category","value":"art"},{"trait_type":"artist","value":"Amy Kurzweil"}],"media":{"url":"ipfs://QmfPmYSbsobFyGmNF5fjcTNHZqVsNhQsWcoY5Zmhh3A9WL","web_url":"https://a.1stdibscdn.com/dist/nft/Amy+Kurzweil/Virtual+Surreality_AmyKurzweil_2017_1.jpeg","poster_frame_url":null,"mime_type":"image/jpeg","dimensions":"5711x4787","video_thumb":null}}