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Kelley Walker — Inkjet on canvas
Kelley Walker

Inkjet on canvas

Kelley Walker's *Inkjet on canvas* engages with the saturated visual language of consumer culture, pulling familiar brand imagery into a realm of critical interrogation. Through appropriation, Walker reprocesses the signs and symbols of commercial branding, acknowledging their inescapable hold on contemporary social life rather than pretending to stand outside it. The work positions branding not merely as advertising, but as a shared social space that art can inhabit, manipulate, and ultimately expose.

Medium
“I don’t escape the effects of branding but think of the processes associated with appropriation as a way of dealing with branding as a social space.”

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Contemporary Art & Design Evening Sale

March 7, 2013

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Kelley Walker, Inkjet on canvas

Kelley Walker's *Inkjet on canvas* engages with the saturated visual language of consumer culture, pulling familiar brand imagery into a realm of critical interrogation. Through appropriation, Walker reprocesses the signs and symbols of commercial branding, acknowledging their inescapable hold on contemporary social life rather than pretending to stand outside it. The work positions branding not merely as advertising, but as a shared social space that art can inhabit, manipulate, and ultimately expose.

Medium
“I don’t escape the effects of branding but think of the processes associated with appropriation as a way of dealing with branding as a social space.”
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Consumer Culture, Bold Colors, Male Artist, Conceptual Art, Contemporary Artist, Digital Print, Provocative Tone, Appropriation Art, American Artist, Pop Art, Early 2000s, Inkjet On Canvas

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