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Walead Beshty — Combine Print (CMY/Six Magnet/2 of 5: Irvine, California, March 26th 2010, Fujicolor Crystal Archive Super Type C, Em. No. 148-006, 80510)
Walead Beshty

Combine Print (CMY/Six Magnet/2 of 5: Irvine, California, March 26th 2010, Fujicolor Crystal Archive Super Type C, Em. No. 148-006, 80510)

In this work, Walead Beshty continues his investigation into the material and chemical conditions of photographic production, generating abstract fields of cyan, magenta, and yellow through direct manipulation of light-sensitive paper rather than conventional image capture. The work's exhaustive title functions as a document of its own making, recording the precise location, date, and material specifications of its creation. By foregrounding process and provenance, Beshty challenges the photograph's traditional role as a transparent window onto the world, instead presenting it as a physical object shaped by contingency and industrial circumstance.

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Walead Beshty, Combine Print (CMY/Six Magnet/2 of 5: Irvine, California, March 26th 2010, Fujicolor Crystal Archive Super Type C, Em. No. 148-006, 80510)

In this work, Walead Beshty continues his investigation into the material and chemical conditions of photographic production, generating abstract fields of cyan, magenta, and yellow through direct manipulation of light-sensitive paper rather than conventional image capture. The work's exhaustive title functions as a document of its own making, recording the precise location, date, and material specifications of its creation. By foregrounding process and provenance, Beshty challenges the photograph's traditional role as a transparent window onto the world, instead presenting it as a physical object shaped by contingency and industrial circumstance.

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Conceptual Photography, Photographic Print, Color Photography, Male Artist, Archival Medium, Conceptual Art, Emerging Artist, Contemporary Artist, American Artist, Process Art, 21st Century, Systematic Art, Contemporary Art, Post-Conceptualism, Experimental Print, Abstract, Vibrant Colors, Abstract Photography

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