Convenience vs Meaning – "We Traded Meaning for Convenience" – (Hollow Icons Art Card)

Some ideas survive because they are true.

Others survive because they are repeated.

Convenience vs Meaning explores the space between recognition and understanding through layered symbolism, fragmented visual language, and a statement that feels immediately familiar while remaining open to interpretation.

Centered around a damaged pink bear surrounded by icons, warnings, labels, and signals, the piece examines how meaning evolves once it becomes part of a larger system.

The phrase:

"WE TRADED MEANING FOR CONVENIENCE"

serves as both declaration and question.

Whether it represents progress, compromise, adaptation, or something else entirely is left to the viewer.

Part of the Hollow Icons collection, this release combines pop-graffiti aesthetics, contemporary symbolism, and museum-style presentation into a limited handcrafted edition.

Card Details

• Standard 2.5" x 3.5" format
• Custom Ecto Selecto label
• Encased in a magnetic acrylic display
• Handmade custom card art
• Produced in New York
• Signed on the reverse by the artist
• Hollow Icons Series 01

Edition Breakdown

• 1 Artist Proof (1/1)
• 1 Pearl Variant
• 3 Holo Variants

Total Production: 5 Cards

The card pictured represents the Silver Holo version.

Variant styles are assigned at random unless otherwise noted.