In this special NFT Morning episode, John Karp and Rem welcome Albertine Meunier (Avant Galerie Vossen) and Norman Harman, a Scottish artist, for a deep dive into their participation in the Digital Sector of Paris Photo 2025.
A vibrant conversation about the fusion of painting, AI, and NFTs, the beauty of glitch aesthetics, and the enduring — if sometimes fading — punk ethos of crypto art.
🖼️ An Avant-Garde Duo
Albertine and Norman embody the intersection of traditional art and digital creation.
Through Avant Galerie Vossen, Albertine has long defended a free, colorful, and uncompromising curatorial line where trash art and crypto art coexist naturally.
Norman, meanwhile, will present a series of AI-generated and glitch-inspired works printed on aluminum, drawn from his project Android Plaza, trained on thousands of analog TV signal photos.
💬 “Our gallery is a mix between painting and digital. Yes, punk is a good word to describe our curation.” — Albertine Meunier
🎨 Van Gogh Returns — and He’s Angry
A highlight of the episode is the presentation of Vincent Returns, Norman’s poetic yet defiant short film imagining Van Gogh reborn with a baseball bat, smashing the hypocrisy of the art market.
The video — minted on SuperRare but not for sale — serves as a manifesto rather than a commodity.
🧠 From Canvas to Data
Norman explains how he translates his painterly gesture into the digital world — creating his own custom brushes, working with texture, density, and warmth.
His glitch effects become digital brushstrokes, a tactile and emotional trace of imperfection.
As Albertine beautifully puts it:
💬 “You can feel the painting gesture in his glitches. It’s a living digital painting.”
Art, the Market, and the Crypto Spirit :
The conversation turns to philosophy: the early rebellious, decentralized ethos of crypto art versus today’s more polished and monetized scene.
Both guests reflect on how the “punk” energy that defined the space must be reclaimed from financialization and conformity.
Still, Paris Photo becomes a fascinating stage for this tension — between institutional recognition and subversive independence.
💡 Key Quote
“Art is not love, it’s war.” — Norman Harman (channeling Van Gogh)
📍 See It at Paris Photo
The Avant Galerie Vossen booth will be located in the heart of the Grand Palais, near Kevin Abosch’s stand. Norman’s works — a mix of physical prints and NFT editions — will be exhibited as unique “bundled” pieces merging the tangible and the digital.
Norman on SuperRare: superrare.com/normanharman
Gallery contact: contact@avant-gallery.com
Twitter / X: @AvantGalerie | @NormanHarman
