X-ray Jade* (photographic transparency, LAX/JFK/JFK/LAX, 158: 5.0bg 5.0 13.0 #00836E) *Alternate Name: Turquoise Green
Walead Beshty's *X-ray Jade (Turquoise Green)* is a photographic transparency that bears the visual marks of its own transit, having been exposed to airport security X-ray machines during flights between Los Angeles and New York. The work's coded title documents the specific conditions of its making, referencing flight routes and color calibration data, blurring the line between process and final object. Suffused in a deep jade-turquoise hue, the piece transforms bureaucratic infrastructure and accidental exposure into a luminous, abstract image.
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Contemporary Art Day Sale
November 12, 2013
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