
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
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Under the Influence
September 19, 2013
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