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Artist who squirts paint with eyes destroys canvases to create NFTs

Using homemade explosive devices, Granato blew up five of his works that he valued at $70,000 to create non-fungible token (NFT) artworks here

Argentine artist Leandro Granato prepares explosives to destroy paintings he created with his coloured tears, before turning his work to NFT, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo: Reuters)
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Argentine artist Leandro Granato prepares explosives to destroy paintings he created with his coloured tears, before turning his work to NFT, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo: Reuters)

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Argentine artist Leandro Granato, known for his ‘eye painting’ technique, has destroyed five of his works to create art that now exists only in the digital world.
 
Using homemade explosive devices, Granato blew up five of his works that he valued at $70,000 to create non-fungible token (NFT) artworks here.
 
“Two out of these five works are already sold, two are booked, and there’s only one left to sell. This means that I have to start working on a second piece and also think of how I am going to destroy them,” said Granato.
 
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