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Kelley Walker, Maui
 
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TITLE:  Maui
ARTIST:  Kelley Walker
WORK DATE:  2001
PERIOD:  21st century
CATEGORY:  Paintings
MATERIALS:  CD Rom and Print on canvas
SIZE:  7 x 9 ft
REGION:  American
STYLE:  Contemporary
PRICE:  Not for Sale
GALLERY:  Saatchi Gallery  +44 (0)20 7811 3070  Send Email
DESCRIPTION:  Using the famous Maui air crash photo which appeared on the cover of Benetton’s magazine Colours in 1995, Kelley Walker explores the currency of media images as a platform where abjection and desire become indistinguishable. Obscuring the picture with a mesh of candy-coloured dots, Walker visualises the clothing company’s ‘united colours’ slogan, and makes reference to the pixelised format of digital media. Maui is both appealing and appalling: exposing the malleable nature of the meaning of images, Walker questions a world order where human value is calibrated equally by fashion and trauma.

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