Alfred Presents · Artist Showcase CENTURY (Art Blocks, 2021) — CASEY REAS

CASEY REAS

Casey Reas · generative, code, software art · Ethereum · x.com/REAS

“CENTURY is my homage to paintings and drawings from the twentieth century and the countless hours I've spent looking at them.”

— Casey Reas, CENTURY project description, Art Blocks

The strongest direct reference is a series of pictures created by Ellsworth Kelly in the 1950s where he cut his paintings into pieces and reassembled them in different orders.

— CENTURY project description, Art Blocks
CENTURY, works
1,000
On-chain since
2021
Art Blocks
Curatedseries 3
The work count and the series were read from the collection itself on 14 August 2026. No floor, volume or sales figure is shown: the stats endpoint answered 429 throughout this build, and an estimate is not a measurement.
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Floor, sales and new listings on CENTURY — as they happen.
The work · 2021

One collection, and a century of painting behind it

2021CENTURY
The homage

CENTURY

“These are landscapes; they look best large and in motion running as live code.”

— Casey Reas, CENTURY project description, Art Blocks
1,000 works
OpenSea

He co-wrote the language a large part of this art is written in. Then he used it to talk about Ellsworth Kelly — not about the algorithm.

In his words

Where the picture comes from, and how to hold it

The references span the origins of concrete and non-objective art to color-field painting and minimalism.

CENTURY project description, Art Blocks

CENTURY creates a distinct picture for each unique transaction hash, and you can “cut” and “reassemble” it in different ways by pressing ‘1’ on your keyboard.

CENTURY project description, Art Blocks

Follow this practice as it moves.

Alfred watches the floor, sales and new listings on CENTURY — and tells you when something changes.

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