Buy the Dip

About This Piece

In Buy the Dip, Dimitria Barrows merges ceramic tradition with internet and crypto culture, using the vessel as social commentary. One side shows Pepe figures with guacamole labeled "BUY THE DIP," turning market slang into a literal joke. The reverse shows Pepes dancing outside a church, evoking belief and communal ritual akin to online and crypto spaces. Emerging from meme cultures like Reddit and Twitter, phrases like "buy the dip" operate as both humor and shared practice. These memes act as folk art for decentralized finance, turning volatility into identity and speculation into narrative. Barrows places ceramics within digital culture, highlighting how humor, volatility, and collective belief shape contemporary capitalism.

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