Plebeian (OOO) is a unique NFT conceptualized around a painting made and exhibited by the artist in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada and Vancouver, Canada in 2020 titled Plebeian.
This digital artwork questions origin in painting by suggesting the documentation of the original artwork as a secondary layer that must be considered as a material condition in how we consume painting in the digital age.
The artist appropriates her own work by using art documentation as a starting point from which she builds agency. Photographic documentation of the painting is altered through digital painting, creating a new work customized for digital consumption. This digital work was then rephotographed and retouched by the artist through a computer monitor affecting the work with yet another layer of dissonance. Faint reflections and shadows penetrate the photographic quality of the work creating a photographic painting anew.