Walead Beshty: Abstract of A Partial Disassembling of an Invention Without a Future: Helter-Skelter and Random Notes in Which the Pulleys and Cogwheels Are Lying Around at Random All Over the Workbench@
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October 24 – December 14, 2019
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Walead Beshty
Prologue to A Partial Disassembling of an Invention Without a Future: Helter-Skelter and Random Notes in Which the Pulleys and Cogwheels are Lying Around at Random All Over the Workbench (1 August–8 October 2013)
2014
Ferric ammonium citrate and potassium ferricyanide on cellulose-based material
Dimensions variable, 1,384 pieces

Walead Beshty
Prologue to A Partial Disassembling of an Invention Without a Future: Helter-Skelter and Random Notes in Which the Pulleys and Cogwheels are Lying Around at Random All Over the Workbench (1 August–8 October 2013)
2014
Bound letterpress and digital offset print volumes, seven numbered volumes
27.5 x 19.75 inches each, 7 pieces

Walead Beshty
Prologue to A Partial Disassembling of an Invention Without a Future: Helter-Skelter and Random Notes in Which the Pulleys and Cogwheels are Lying Around at Random All Over the Workbench (1 August–8 October 2013)
2014
Bound letterpress and digital offset print volumes, seven numbered volumes
27.5 x 19.75 inches each, 7 pieces

Walead Beshty
Prologue to A Partial Disassembling of an Invention Without a Future: Helter-Skelter and Random Notes in Which the Pulleys and Cogwheels are Lying Around at Random All Over the Workbench (1 August–8 October 2013)
2014
Bound letterpress and digital offset print volumes, seven numbered volumes
27.5 x 19.75 inches each, 7 pieces

Walead Beshty
Prologue to A Partial Disassembling of an Invention Without a Future: Helter-Skelter and Random Notes in Which the Pulleys and Cogwheels are Lying Around at Random All Over the Workbench (1 August–8 October 2013)
2014
Bound letterpress and digital offset print volumes, seven numbered volumes
27.5 x 19.75 inches each, 7 pieces

Walead Beshty
Prologue to A Partial Disassembling of an Invention Without a Future: Helter-Skelter and Random Notes in Which the Pulleys and Cogwheels are Lying Around at Random All Over the Workbench (1 August–8 October 2013)
2014
Bound letterpress and digital offset print volumes, seven numbered volumes
27.5 x 19.75 inches each, 7 pieces

Walead Beshty
Prologue to A Partial Disassembling of an Invention Without a Future: Helter-Skelter and Random Notes in Which the Pulleys and Cogwheels are Lying Around at Random All Over the Workbench (1 August–8 October 2013)
2014
Bound letterpress and digital offset print volumes, seven numbered volumes
27.5 x 19.75 inches each, 7 pieces

Walead Beshty
Prologue to A Partial Disassembling of an Invention Without a Future: Helter-Skelter and Random Notes in Which the Pulleys and Cogwheels are Lying Around at Random All Over the Workbench (1 August–8 October 2013)
2014
Bound letterpress and digital offset print volumes, seven numbered volumes
27.5 x 19.75 inches each, 7 pieces

Walead Beshty
Prologue to A Partial Disassembling of an Invention Without a Future: Helter-Skelter and Random Notes in Which the Pulleys and Cogwheels are Lying Around at Random All Over the Workbench (1 August–8 October 2013)
2014
Bound letterpress and digital offset print volumes, seven numbered volumes
27.5 x 19.75 inches each, 7 pieces

Walead Beshty
Marginalis (Los Angeles, California, September 2–30, 2013)
2019
Cyanotype chemistry on canvas
60 x 128 inches

Walead Beshty
Marginalis (Los Angeles, California, August 1-30, 2013)
2016
Cyanotype chemistry on canvas
55 x 92.5 inches

Walead Beshty
A Partial Disassembling of an Invention Without a Future: Helter-Skelter and Random Notes in Which the Pulleys and Cogwheels Are Lying Around at Random All Over the Workbench (9 October 2013–8 October 2014)
2014
Ferric ammonium citrate and potassium ferricyanide on cellulose-based material
Dimensions variable, 10,174 pieces

Walead Beshty
A Partial Disassembling of an Invention Without a Future: Helter-Skelter and Random Notes in Which the Pulleys and Cogwheels Are Lying Around at Random All Over the Workbench (9 October 2013–8 October 2014)
2014
Bound letterpress and digital offset print volumes, 52 numbered volumes
27.5 x 19.75 inches each, 52 pieces

Walead Beshty
Blind Collage (Two 180o Rotations, New York Post, Thursday, October 10, 2019)
2019
Newspaper, tape, and 22 karat gold leaf
39.4 x 31.5 inches

Walead Beshty
Blind Collage (Three 180o Rotations, The New York Times, Friday, October 11, 2019)
2019
Newspaper, tape, and 22 karat gold leaf
39.4 x 31.5 inches

Walead Beshty
Blind Collage (Two 180o Rotations, New York Post, Monday, October 14, 2019)
2019
Newspaper, tape, and 22 karat gold leaf
39.4 x 31.5 inches

Walead Beshty
Blind Collage (Two 180o Rotations, New York Post, Tuesday, October 15, 2019)
2019
Newspaper, tape, and 22 karat gold leaf
39.4 x 31.5 inches

Walead Beshty
Blind Collage (Two 180o Rotations, New York Post, Wednesday, October 16, 2019)
2019
Newspaper, tape, and 22 karat gold leaf
39.4 x 31.5 inches

Walead Beshty
Blind Collage (Three 180o Rotations, The New York Times, Thursday, October 17, 2019)
2019
Newspaper, tape, and 22 karat gold leaf
39.4 x 31.5 inches

Walead Beshty
Blind Collage (Three 180o Rotations, The New York Times, Friday, October 18, 2019)
2019
Newspaper, tape, and 22 karat gold leaf
39.4 x 31.5 inches

Walead Beshty
Blind Collage (Two 180o Rotations, New York Post, Saturday, October 19, 2019)
2019
Newspaper, tape, and 22 karat gold leaf
39.4 x 31.5 inches

Walead Beshty
Blind Collage (Three 180o Rotations, The New York Times, Sunday, October 20, 2019)
2019
Newspaper, tape, and 22 karat gold leaf
39.4 x 31.5 inches

Walead Beshty
Blind Collage (Three 180o Rotations, The New York Times, Monday, October 21, 2019)
2019
Newspaper, tape, and 22 karat gold leaf
39.4 x 31.5 inches

Walead Beshty
Blind Collage (Two 180o Rotations, New York Post, Tuesday, October 22, 2019)
2019
Newspaper, tape, and 22 karat gold leaf
39.4 x 31.5 inches

Walead Beshty
Blind Collage (Three 180o Rotations, The New York Times, Wednesday, October 23, 2019)
2019
Newspaper, tape, and 22 karat gold leaf
39.4 x 31.5 inches