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Walead Beshty

Walead Beshty (Born 1976) is active/lives in United Kingdom.  Walead Beshty is known for Sculpture.

Walead Beshty's artistic work is dedicated to the industrial processes which surround the production, consumption, and transportation of contemporary art.

One work, a solid 18-inch copper cube modeled after the exact dimensions of a FedEx box, is shipped raw, uncrated via FedEx to and from each location, and each waybill is placed directly on the surface of the piece.  The accrued handling marks, labels and oxidation stains are beautiful accretions of chance and imperfections as proof of the work's passage through time and space, positioning the work to be in a constant state of creation.  The title of the work follows this state of flux—each shipment's tracking number, shipment locations, and dates are included—and contributes to the overall obsession and main exploration for the artist.  Each box stands as "a way to materialize that change of context [from one exhibition space to another].  In this sense the marks are an analog   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1150 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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FOUR MAGNET, THREE COLOR CURL (CMY: IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, JANUARY 3RD 2010, FUJICOLOR CRYSTAL ARCHIVE SUPER TYPE C, EM. NO. 165-021, 01710) , 2012

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Lot 469
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Fedex® Kraft Box© 2005 FEDEX 330504 REV 10/05 SSCC, Standard Overnight, Los Angeles-Beverly Hills, trk# 8726 7182 8553, date February 13-14 2012; Standard Overnight, San Francisco-Beverly Hills, trk# 8759 1171 4523, date January 29-30 2013; International

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Lot 112
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24-INCH COPPER (FEDEX® LARGE KRAFT BOX ©2005 FEDEX 330508) INTERNATIONAL PRIORITY, LOS ANGELES-LONDON, TRK#8685 8772 8017, OCTOBER 2-6, 2009, FEDEX EUROPE FIRST, SINT-DENIJS-WESTREM - LONDON, TRK #770729708633, AUGUST 1-4, 2014

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Lot 127
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20-inch Copper (FedEx® Large Kraft Box ©2005 FEDEX 330508), International Priority, Los Angeles-London trk#862012042283, December 8, 2001

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Lot 113
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Three Sided Mirrored Pair (BCM), November 24th 2007, Los Angeles, California, Kodak Supra, 2008 (diptych)

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Lot 125
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Six-Sided Picture A (CMMYYC: Irvine California, July 16th 2008, Fuji Crystal Archive Type C), 2008

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Lot 122
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