Erased Bored Ape (Fresh)

The concept of rarity is itself rooted in ideological pretexts of immaterialism: the closer a collectible is to zero made / to absence of being / is becoming then more rare by its ideological erasure from many to none. Here, as with Rauschenberg’s erasure of de Kooning, what isn’t left over, the very presence of profound absence (the missing ape / punk) establishes a new hierarchy of rarity. The signified Erasure of Bored Ape FRESH was enabled by the owner / signifier of Bored Ape Yacht Club FRESH whose permission granted said Erasure.