
Black Curl (CMY/Five Magnet: Irvine, California, January 2nd, 2010, Fujicolor Crystal Archive Super Type C, Em. No. 165-021, 09710)
2010
A large-scale photographic work by Walead Beshty, this piece belongs to his renowned series of chemically processed photographic paper that has been physically manipulated and exposed to light without a camera. The work's title meticulously documents the specific conditions of its creation—location, date, and precise photographic materials—reflecting Beshty's conceptual interest in process, materiality, and the indexical nature of photography. Sweeping gradients of cyan, magenta, and yellow emerge across the curling surface, making the photograph both a record of its own making and a formally striking abstract composition.
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March 9, 2018
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