Kelley Walker

Lindon Gallery, London
Acquired by the present owner from the above in July 2011

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of light wear and handling to the edges and corners of all three canvases, most notably in the upper corners. The chocolate appears stable across all three canvases. There is a spotty and textured surface scattered on the uppermost layer of the chocolate, but this appears to be inherent to the work and the artist's use of the medium. Under ultraviolet light inspection there is no evidence of restoration. Unframed.
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"I think appropriation points to or suggests some sort of original — a locatable source that one appropriates and in many ways eclipses. 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