Walead Besthy

I find it interesting that Besthy purposedly makes art without the intentions to reflect “sculpture” or “photography.” I think this is evident in his work by no subjects, but abstract visuals being his series/body of work. Beshy also notes that with these terms, the words themselves are ignored or obscured to what they are meant. This is also represented in his work in which the concepts “time” and “space” compliment/work together as one by his use of lighting, lines, and how the image is encompassed in the allotted frame size. His Barbican interesting concept to me that embraces all four of these terms. Essentially his studio works as one machine that makes one work. This in turns shows exactly that which he developed by machinery, technology, and socially. What is the most impressive aspect of this work is that this is a full year’s worth of material. To just make a simple piece of art once a day (or more) and to strategically place the items in a collaged form also demonstrated the blending of sculpture, photography, time, and space.