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The Bruce High Quality Foundation — Self Portrait (Desporado)
The Bruce High Quality Foundation

Self Portrait (Desporado)

A playing card embedded in polyurethane foam and various media is presented within a hand-painted wood and Plexiglas frame, blurring the line between game piece and self-referential art object. The Bruce High Quality Foundation employs the visual language of chance and anonymity, using the playing card as a surrogate for identity — a fitting stand-in for a collective that operates under a pseudonymous name. The work's title, *Self Portrait (Desporado)*, injects a sense of renegade bravado, suggesting a portrait not of a face but of an attitude.

Medium
playing card, polyurethane foam, various media, in artist's painted wood and Plexiglas frame

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Under the Influence

September 19, 2013

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The Bruce High Quality Foundation, Self Portrait (Desporado)

A playing card embedded in polyurethane foam and various media is presented within a hand-painted wood and Plexiglas frame, blurring the line between game piece and self-referential art object. The Bruce High Quality Foundation employs the visual language of chance and anonymity, using the playing card as a surrogate for identity — a fitting stand-in for a collective that operates under a pseudonymous name. The work's title, *Self Portrait (Desporado)*, injects a sense of renegade bravado, suggesting a portrait not of a face but of an attitude.

Medium
playing card, polyurethane foam, various media, in artist's painted wood and Plexiglas frame
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Assemblage, Irreverent Humor, Collective Art, American Artists, Mixed Media, Conceptual Art, Portrait, Contemporary Art, Post-Internet Art, Found Objects

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