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Kelley Walker

Black Star Press; Star Press, Black Star Press, Black Press

Estimate
$180,000 - 250,000
$269,000
Lot Details
scanned image and silkscreened white, milk and dark chocolate on digital print laid on canvas, in 3 parts
each 36 x 28 in. (91.4 x 71.1 cm.); overall 36 x 84 in. (91.4 x 213.4 cm.)
Signed and dated "Kelley Walker 2005" on the reverse of the third panel.
Catalogue Essay
“With the Black Star Press pieces (the chocolate riots) I attempt to sidestep a familiar art source, Warhol, as a starting point. Looking back at artists dealing with appropriation in the ’80s, it seems the strategy of replicating in itself became the style or brand of the artist using it. In my works, I don’t escape the effects of branding but think of the processes associated with appropriation as a way of dealing with branding as a social space.” Kelley Walker, 2006

Kelley Walker

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