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The first art to be sold solely with cryptocurrency to go on show in London

It feels like you can’t move for cryptocurrency chat at the moment: it’s Bitcoin this, Dogecoin that, Ethereum the other. Now, the confusing world of digital money has come to the art world, with artist Paul Wager electing to sell his work solely through cryptocurrency at the Dadiani Fine Art Gallery.

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Tall bronze and corten steel sculpture mounted on wooden plinth, featuring an abstract humanoid figure wielding swords and holding chains, with engraved text reading "Courage Sans Peur

Wager’s series of constructivist paintings and sculptures, Requiem for the Emblem of Power, commemorates the centenary of the end of the First World War. Featured exhibition pieces include Memorial Omnibus, a bronze and corten steel sculpture, and the water-based paint pieces Disorder, Chaos and Disjecta Membra.

“In this centenary year of the end of WW1, it is highly appropriate to commemorate this event,” says Wager. “Throughout this period political and core religious faith values were disregarded, and amidst the carnage, it would appear nothing from a moral stand during the war was achieved.

“My forthcoming exhibition at Dadiani Fine Art is a Requiem for the Emblem of Power and War. The paintings and sculptures included in this exhibition are, not fully comprehensible but have a profound and unique distinction.”

According to the gallery, a wide range of cryptocurrencies will be accepted including Bitcoin, Etherium and BitcoinCash.

Requiem for the Emblem of Power will be on show at Dadiani Fine Art in Mayfair, London, from 25 January to 3 March 2018.

Corroded metal ammunition belts and gun parts from a First World War machine gun, displayed against a light background
Paul Wager's bronze and corten steel sculpture Memorial Omnibus, a constructivist work featuring a cross-like form with outstretched arms mounted on a wooden base with metal bands
Paul Wager's bronze and corten steel sculpture Memorial Omnibus, featuring an abstracted figure with outstretched arms mounted on a wooden plinth
Bronze and corten steel sculpture Memorial Omnibus by Paul Wager, featuring an abstracted arm with ammunition belt, commemorating the First World War centenary
Bronze and corten steel sculpture by Paul Wager featuring abstracted mechanical forms and weaponry mounted on a wooden plinth, titled Memorial Omnibus
Paul Wager's bronze and corten steel sculpture Memorial Omnibus, assembled from military and industrial components on a wooden plinth
Close-up of Paul Wager's bronze and corten steel sculpture Memorial Omnibus, showing weathered metal surfaces with rivets and industrial detailing
Close-up of weathered metal ammunition belt and rifle components from Paul Wager's First World War commemorative sculpture series
Paul Wager's bronze and corten steel sculpture Memorial Omnibus on a tiered wooden plinth, featuring a cross form with two metal spikes and scattered stones
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