Internationally renowned artist Max Mellenbruch, celebrated for his groundbreaking “Kialara” series, has unveiled a bold new sculpture, ‘Rare.’ This thought-provoking piece challenges societal views on consumption, luxury, and the value we place on food.
The centerpiece of ‘Rare’ is a rib-eye steak encrusted with over 6,000 rubies and diamonds. This striking combination of the transient and the eternal, priced at $1.4 million, sparks debate on excess and its consequences. Mellenbruch’s audacious creation compels viewers to question the environmental impact of modern food systems, the cultural obsession with luxury, and how society defines value.
‘Rare’ is not merely a sculpture but a conversation starter, blending art and activism to confront contemporary issues with unsettling beauty.
Drawing inspiration from the “Lion Diet”, a carnivore diet gaining traction within the Bitcoin community, ‘Rare’ goes beyond the aesthetic impact and materializes the tensions in our polarized meat consumption debate. ‘Rare’ gives a face to the rupture in our reverence for life and the pursuit of material wealth, illustrating our relationship with nature – its excessive materiality casting a shadow upon the lack of obvious answers to these dilemmas.