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Walead Beshty — Three Color Curl (CMY: Irvine, California, August 24th 2008, Fuji Crystal Archive Type C)
Walead Beshty

Three Color Curl (CMY: Irvine, California, August 24th 2008, Fuji Crystal Archive Type C)

A vibrantly hued photographic work, this piece features sweeping, organic curves of cyan, magenta, and yellow that emerge from Beshty's signature process of exposing photosensitive paper directly to light without a camera. The work bears the physical marks of its own making, with the colors bleeding and blending along the edges of each curl, creating a sensuously abstract composition. The precise documentation of its date and location in the title grounds the work in a specific moment, framing it as both a record of process and a meditation on the nature of photographic truth.

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Walead Beshty, Three Color Curl (CMY: Irvine, California, August 24th 2008, Fuji Crystal Archive Type C)

A vibrantly hued photographic work, this piece features sweeping, organic curves of cyan, magenta, and yellow that emerge from Beshty's signature process of exposing photosensitive paper directly to light without a camera. The work bears the physical marks of its own making, with the colors bleeding and blending along the edges of each curl, creating a sensuously abstract composition. The precise documentation of its date and location in the title grounds the work in a specific moment, framing it as both a record of process and a meditation on the nature of photographic truth.

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