Manufactured Transcendence

Following back-to-back sellouts of his last two collections (Overpopulated Symphonies on ETH in 2023 and Strata on Solana earlier this year), Turkish artist Alkan Avcıoğlu is back with a new drop for all AI art apologists out there, Manufactured Transcendence.

The art features a similar style to his previous works, with grand-scale, multilayered scenes creating intricate perspectives, almost resembling optical illusions.

This time it’s all about depicting massive crowds attending artificial (i.e. probably paid) spirituality conferences. Your favorite instagram mental health guru who sells a new course every month might be getting called out here… in esoteric fashion.

The artist is on a multichain roll, it’s the third release in the popular In Spirit exhibition by the Verse and Tender platforms (which just saw two sellouts) and I just…like the art.