Global football star Zlatan Ibrahimović (IBRA) will drop another NFT collection following the success of his first NFT project. The Swedish football icon will release The Laws of Adrenaline II: An NFT Collection on MakersPlace on May 12, 2022 at 9 AM (PST) / 6 PM (CET).
The Laws of Adrenaline II: An NFT Collection, is the second drop in a series of releases featuring the international footballing superstar, and current AC Milan striker IBRA. IBRA will be releasing the second drop in his genesis NFT project in partnership with acclaimed Italian artists Giovanni Motta, Davide Petraroli, and Highsnob a/k/a Eskalator.
The collection features original artworks curated by the world-famous, goal-scoring legend who challenged artists to create works based on his latest autobiography, Adrenaline: My Untold Stories.
Eleven quotes from the best-selling book inspired a new crypto art project dedicated to fans from all over the world conceived by the digital team of Corriere della Sera in collaboration with ArtsLife, WRONG THEORY, and ArtN. This drop on May 12, 2022, will be the second of three, running through late June for The Laws of Adrenaline: An NFT Collection. To learn more and view the artworks from the first drop collection, click here.
The Laws of Adrenaline: Part II
The second drop in The Laws of Adrenaline series includes a 3D animation from top-selling NFT artist Giovanni Motta, a modern impressionist portrait from artist and fashion designer Davide Petraroli, and a tribal-cubist representation by Italian author, rapper, street artist, and digital artist High Snob a/k/a Eskalator.
The series, entirely curated by IBRA, consists of:
- “A Untold Story: Go Ramingo,” 3D animation by Giovanni Motta
- “Project Zeus-Zlatan,” still image by Davide Petraroli
- “In the Ballon,” animation by Eskalator
- “In the Ballon,” still variation by Eskalator
About IBRA
Zlatan Ibrahimović, more widely known as IBRA, is an international footballing superstar, and current AC Milan striker. He is one of three active players with 500 career goals and has won trophies in the biggest leagues in Europe, leading his teams with his incredible physicality, technical ability, and finishing. In addition to being one of the most prolific goalscorers in soccer history, he is also a respected art patron and curator.
IBRA wrote Adrenaline: My Untold Stories to share his life experiences. Because no single artistic expression can encapsulate the enormity of a lived experience, this collection represents an extension of Ibrahimović’s story while highlighting his patronage of and passion for the visual arts.
Through their different styles and backgrounds, the artists have built a varied collection representing the different facets of this indomitable champion.
The Drop
“A Untold Story: Go Ramingo” by Giovanni Motta — 1/1
After studying accounting, Giovanni developed an interest in figurative and contemporary art. Focusing on Japanese anime and manga was essential for researching the central leitmotif of his work: the inner child. This child is represented by a cartoon-like character called JonnyBoy, who appears in all of Motta’s work: painting, sculpture, and digital. In January 2021, Motta was ranked #1 in the world by SuperRare.
“JonnyBoy [the character in the 3D animation] is like Zlatan, the ever-child. Don’t ask me where I come from because I don’t know. What I know is that I am a traveler and the journey has a secret life that is revealed only to those who are willing to undertake it. I don’t remember where I have gone, how far I’ve been, but one thing I remember well, I’ve always been free.” — Giovanni Motta
Editions: One
Pricing: Accepting Offers Only
*A 24-hour auction will be triggered once the reserve price of $10,000 USD is met.
“Project Zeus-Zlatan” by Davide Petraroli — Open edition
Since 2006, Davide has collaborated with brands such as Giorgio Armani and Jil Sander together with Raf Simons. Since 2011 Davide has collaborated as a teacher and lecturer in various top international fashion schools. In 2014 he was named head designer at Lucio Costa. Recently his work was exhibited in 2121 Crypto Art is Now
“The painting, the first in the “Project Zeus” series dedicated to Zlatan Ibrahimović, aims to represent through color the multiple faces of the same persona just as the ancient Greek went to Zeus. This portrait aims to underline Ibra’s extreme strength and determination contrasted with his sensitivity.” — Davide Petraroli
Editions: Open
Pricing: $150 USD / Edition
Collectors who purchase four of the open editions over all three drops qualify for a limited edition airdropped artwork.
*Open Editions will be available for purchase for a limited time period. The number of editions purchased during this time period will determine the number of editions minted. Please note: there is a 48-hour processing time after drop closes to receive your Open Edition NFT. Learn more.
“In the Ballon” by Eskalator
Eskalator, also known as Mike Highsnob, is an Italian rapper, author, and ex-graffiti artist. He claims millions of streams on Spotify and two Gold records. He paints acrylic on canvas searching for a new artistic expression. At the beginning of this year, he combined his first digital work with an unreleased freestyle in an early attempt to seek out new artist formats.
“Restlessness, desire to possess, the brain prepares the muscles to tense. The right move to reach you and dance with you finds shape in my mind. I am ready for anything, to overcome any opponent to have you. You must come back to me because you are a part of me. You are alive and you are in my head and in my heart, the first object of love.” — Eskalator
“In the Ballon” (Animated) – Limited Edition
Editions: 10
Pricing: $500 USD / Edition
*Limited edition artworks will be available for a flat rate; first come, first buy.
“In the Ballon” (Still) – Open Edition
Editions: Open
Pricing: $200 USD / Edition
Collectors who purchase four of the open editions over all three drops qualify for a limited edition airdropped artwork.
*Open Editions will be available for purchase for a limited time period. The number of editions purchased during this time period will determine the number of editions minted. Please note: there is a 48-hour processing time after drop closes to receive your Open Edition NFT. Learn more.
Drop Partners
ARTSLIFE
ArtsLife is a newspaper about culture, market, art critique and art history, and is an essential daily reference point for the world of auctions, fairs, and galleries. Thanks to a team of 15 editors assisted by more than a hundred collaborators spread around the globe, ArtsLife informs and reviews all that concerns cultural and artistic events in Italy and in the wider world. Initially born as a working tool for the students of the course of “Art Publishing” at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera in Milan – coordinated for a few years by the Director and Founder, Paolo Manazza – in 2008 the ArtsLife online platform was registered as a newspaper at the Court of Milan.
WRONG THEORY
WRONG THEORY founded by Alessandro Brunello and born from the collaboration between artistic, curatorial, and managerial expertise is the curatorial and productive reference for Crypto and Contemporary Art in the physical world and in the Metaverse. By making sensibility and decentralized languages usable, Wrong Theory creates meeting and contamination opportunities between new instances and trends in the universally recognized artistic and cultural landscape.
WRONG THEORY as well as supporting innovative artists and projects, is the Real Life production of the NFT space and in 2021-2022 curated the first museum exhibition of Crypto Art “2121 Crypto Art is Now” at the Museo Della Permanente di Milano with over seventy of the most important NFT artists in the world.
ARTN
Golden Arts, signed as ArtN, is the first Italian utility token dedicated to art that is proposed as a tool through which people can become members of an artistic promotion project and actively participate in the definition of a new cultural scenario. ArtN was launched in November 2021 by ArtsLife.com, the well-known art and culture magazine founded and directed by Paolo Manazza and by Gianni Miller, pioneers of multimedia communication in Italy and video streaming in the world, assisted by a technical team and by crypto finance experts.
In addition to representing an investment opportunity, ArtN offers a series of services that provide advantages to holders, as well as to a wider community that includes artists, places of art and culture, and local realities on which it intends to intervene, developing specific projects of enhancement and promotion.
