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WALEAD BESHTY, (B. 1976)

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RA4 Contact Print [Black Curl (CYM/Six Magnet: Los Angeles, California, August 29, 2013, Fuji Color Crystal Archive Super Type C, Em. No. 199-023, 21513), Kreonite KM IV 5225 RA4 Color Processor, Ser. No. 00092174], 2014

RA4 Contact Print [Black Curl (CYM/Six Magnet: Los Angeles, California, August 29, 2013, Fuji Color Crystal Archive Super Type C, Em. No. 199-023, 21513), Kreonite KM IV 5225 RA4 Color Processor, Ser. No. 00092174], 2014

color photographic paper

image: 107 3/4 x 50 in. (273.7 x 127 cm.)
framed: 109 1/4 x 51 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (277.5 x 130.8 x 6.4 cm.)

Provenance
Regen Projects, Los Angeles
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Born in London, and now living and working in Los Angeles, Walead Beshty is considered one of the most innovative multi-disciplinary artists working today. His richly diverse body of work is layered in meaning and incorporates sculpture, painting, installation, and video. However, he is arguably best known for his complex and pioneering photography practice. Through photography, Beshty investigates the process of taking and developing photographs, as well as the medium's connection to reality.

In a beautiful meditation of color, pattern and line, the present work is a stunning abstraction, with nods to Hard Edge Painting and Minimalism. The work is created by folding, layering and processing photographic paper in order to engineer patterns of folds and creases, and develop vibrant colors and tones through photographic chemicals. This work masterfully explores how photographic techniques can affect and even alter the most representative of art forms. In understanding the origin of the image, Beshty leads the viewer to question the meaning our view of reality and how we interpret our visual surroundings.

Walead Beshty's work has been the subject of many solo exhibitions at institutions including the Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland (2019); Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, New York (2015); Curve Gallery, Barbican Centre, London (2014); Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. (2009); the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (2006); and MoMA PS1, New York (2004) among many others. His work is in the permanent collections of esteemed museums including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art; the Art Institute of Chicago and the de la Cruz Collection, Miami.

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RA4 Contact Print [Black Curl (CYM/Six Magnet: Los Angeles, California, August 29, 2013, Fuji Color Crystal Archive Super Type C, Em. No. 199-023, 21513), Kreonite KM IV 5225 RA4 Color Processor, Ser. No. 00092174], 2014

RA4 Contact Print [Black Curl (CYM/Six Magnet: Los Angeles, California, August 29, 2013, Fuji Color Crystal Archive Super Type C, Em. No. 199-023, 21513), Kreonite KM IV 5225 RA4 Color Processor, Ser. No. 00092174], 2014

color photographic paper

image: 107 3/4 x 50 in. (273.7 x 127 cm.)
framed: 109 1/4 x 51 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (277.5 x 130.8 x 6.4 cm.)

Provenance
Regen Projects, Los Angeles
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Born in London, and now living and working in Los Angeles, Walead Beshty is considered one of the most innovative multi-disciplinary artists working today. His richly diverse body of work is layered in meaning and incorporates sculpture, painting, installation, and video. However, he is arguably best known for his complex and pioneering photography practice. Through photography, Beshty investigates the process of taking and developing photographs, as well as the medium's connection to reality.

In a beautiful meditation of color, pattern and line, the present work is a stunning abstraction, with nods to Hard Edge Painting and Minimalism. The work is created by folding, layering and processing photographic paper in order to engineer patterns of folds and creases, and develop vibrant colors and tones through photographic chemicals. This work masterfully explores how photographic techniques can affect and even alter the most representative of art forms. In understanding the origin of the image, Beshty leads the viewer to question the meaning our view of reality and how we interpret our visual surroundings.

Walead Beshty's work has been the subject of many solo exhibitions at institutions including the Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland (2019); Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, New York (2015); Curve Gallery, Barbican Centre, London (2014); Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. (2009); the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (2006); and MoMA PS1, New York (2004) among many others. His work is in the permanent collections of esteemed museums including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art; the Art Institute of Chicago and the de la Cruz Collection, Miami.

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