Kelley Walker Untitled signed and dated twice 'Kelley 2009' on the reverse silkscreen, collage and acrylic on canvas 243.8 x 88.9 cm. (96 x 35 in.) Executed in 2009.
Provenance Paula Cooper Gallery, New York Gallery Peztel, Berlin Acquired from the above by the present owner Exhibited Vienna, Belvedere 21st House and The Winterpalais, Love Story, 15 June – 5 October 2014, exh. cat. (illustrated) Catalogue Essay Appropriating material from the public domain is Kelley Walker’s expertise. Untitled consists of collaged magazine pages, covered with a horizontal pattern of white bricks. The painting is further disrupted by a vertical band with a diagonal stripe of grey bricks, resulting in a colossal flat structure that conveys a sense of three-dimensionality. Through the repurposing of printed iconic cultural images, Walker criticises the banality of information in Western society and denounces modern consumerism and the supreme force of advertising and media. Kelley Walker's now famed brick paintings explore the intersection between authorship and reproduction, as well as the manipulation of images. Walker’s process consists in scanning bricks he purchased online, and then stacking and silk-screening each individual image. The four-colour printing model used by the post-conceptual artist is known as CMYK. The technique used by Walker since 2005, connects and unifies the layer of magazine pages with the layer of silkscreened bricks, creating a medium that questions the limitations and ambiguous distinction between analog and digital technologies in fine art. Read More
Kelley Walker Untitled signed and dated twice 'Kelley 2009' on the reverse silkscreen, collage and acrylic on canvas 243.8 x 88.9 cm. (96 x 35 in.) Executed in 2009.
Provenance Paula Cooper Gallery, New York Gallery Peztel, Berlin Acquired from the above by the present owner Exhibited Vienna, Belvedere 21st House and The Winterpalais, Love Story, 15 June – 5 October 2014, exh. cat. (illustrated) Catalogue Essay Appropriating material from the public domain is Kelley Walker’s expertise. Untitled consists of collaged magazine pages, covered with a horizontal pattern of white bricks. The painting is further disrupted by a vertical band with a diagonal stripe of grey bricks, resulting in a colossal flat structure that conveys a sense of three-dimensionality. Through the repurposing of printed iconic cultural images, Walker criticises the banality of information in Western society and denounces modern consumerism and the supreme force of advertising and media. Kelley Walker's now famed brick paintings explore the intersection between authorship and reproduction, as well as the manipulation of images. Walker’s process consists in scanning bricks he purchased online, and then stacking and silk-screening each individual image. The four-colour printing model used by the post-conceptual artist is known as CMYK. The technique used by Walker since 2005, connects and unifies the layer of magazine pages with the layer of silkscreened bricks, creating a medium that questions the limitations and ambiguous distinction between analog and digital technologies in fine art. Read More
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