{"id":10988,"date":"2021-11-01T17:34:57","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T17:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uaaglobal.com\/mschf-sells-off-1000-copies-of-andy-warhols-fairies\/"},"modified":"2021-11-01T17:34:57","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T17:34:57","slug":"mschf-sells-off-1000-copies-of-andy-warhols-fairies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uaaglobal.com\/mschf-sells-off-1000-copies-of-andy-warhols-fairies\/","title":{"rendered":"MSCHF sells off 1000 copies of Andy Warhol\u2019s \u2018Fairies\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">The tricks and treats of the season have all been doled out as we step into November. But it wasn\u2019t only Halloween that saw disguises in abundance: 999 paintings were also masquerading as something they weren\u2019t. Brooklyn-based art collective <a href=\"https:\/\/mschf.xyz\/\">MSCHF<\/a> was stirring up their namesake mischief by reproducing just under a thousand copies of Andy Warhol\u2019s Fairies\u00a0and has disseminated the copies\u2014as well as the original\u2014for $250 a pop.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Part of MSCHF\u2019s Museum of Forgeries collection, the group piece is titled as Possibly Real Copies of \u2018Fairies\u2019 by Andy Warhol. Cheeky, to be sure, and certainly in line with its proximity to Halloween, its creator\u2019s innovative contexts for the mass-produced, as well as the mischievous drive of its fae subject matter. The sketch by Warhol, made in 1954, is a simplistic doodle of three stout, naked subjects, two twirling what seems to be a string or a jump rope above the third who is gracefully stepping beneath it. An unassuming piece that likely never expected to have such mischief realized on its behalf.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The original copy of Andy Warhol\u2019s Fairies was purchased by MSCHF in 2016 for just $8,125. Dropping the individual price of it down to $250 has resulted in an absolute steal for whoever received the authentic Warhol, and has been no loss to the art collective. With every single painting quickly being nabbed up, they\u2019ve made $250,000 from Possibly Real Copies of \u2018Fairies\u2019 by Andy Warhol\u00a0and left their quizzical fingerprint on scores of collections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cUbiquity is the darkness in which novelty and the avant-garde die their truest deaths,\u201d MSCHF state on their site. \u201cMore than slashed canvas or burned pages, democratization of access or ownership destroys any work premised on exclusivity\u2026By forging Fairies en masse, we obliterate the trail of provenance for the artwork. Though physically undamaged, we destroy any future confidence in the veracity of the work. By burying a needle in a needlestack, we render the original as much a forgery as any of our replications.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Possibly Real Copies of \u2018Fairies\u2019 by Andy Warhol is as rebellious as it is slick. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.art-critique.com\/en\/2021\/03\/group-burnt-banksy-destroy-original-banksy-for-nft-auction\/\">There are certainly art world stunts that that reek of little more than money-grabbing and faux-iconoclasts<\/a>, but it feels as though a genuine desire drives this scheme. With every participant being a knowing party in agreement to the terms of a painting of questionable validity, there is truly nobody hurt in MSCHF\u2019s use of the trappings of swindlers. In a very large way, they\u2019ve elevated this piece into being more than a rough sketch by a famous name. They\u2019ve translated into an idea speaking truth to the contexts by which these forgeries were snatched up, and have hopefully had some in the art world stop to think about the forces that drive this industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tricks and treats of the season have all been doled out as we step into November. But it wasn\u2019t only Halloween that saw disguises in abundance: 999 paintings were also masquerading as something they weren\u2019t. 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