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Kelley Walker — I see an attacking bear-shaped thing
Kelley Walker

I see an attacking bear-shaped thing

Four mirrored acrylic panels fragment and multiply the viewer's own reflection, creating a disorienting visual field that plays with perception and surveillance. Walker's title suggests a lurking, aggressive form within the abstract composition, inviting the viewer to project threatening shapes onto their own distorted image. The work blurs the boundary between observer and observed, implicating the viewer in the act of seeing.

Medium
mirrored acrylic, in 4 parts

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Contemporary Art Evening Sale

May 16, 2013

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Kelley Walker, I see an attacking bear-shaped thing

Four mirrored acrylic panels fragment and multiply the viewer's own reflection, creating a disorienting visual field that plays with perception and surveillance. Walker's title suggests a lurking, aggressive form within the abstract composition, inviting the viewer to project threatening shapes onto their own distorted image. The work blurs the boundary between observer and observed, implicating the viewer in the act of seeing.

Medium
mirrored acrylic, in 4 parts
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Acrylic, Male Artist, Reflective, Contemporary Artist, Appropriation Art, American Artist, Pop Art, 21st Century, Mirrored Surface, Provocative, Polyptych, Abstract

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