
Death by Hamburger
In this provocative and hyperreal digital chromogenic print, David LaChapelle stages a dramatic tableau in which a figure is overwhelmed and consumed by an avalanche of oversized, vibrantly colored hamburgers. With his signature maximalist aesthetic and bold, saturated palette, LaChapelle transforms fast food into a symbol of excess, consumerism, and the self-destructive nature of American culture. The image operates simultaneously as dark satire and visual spectacle, blurring the line between desire and destruction.
- Medium
- Digital chromogenic print, flush-mounted, printed later.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Photographs
November 7, 2013
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