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> [There's a generative material relationship between the material and the image that comes up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walead-beshty/there-s-a-generative-material-relationship-between-the-material-and/)

[Walead Beshty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walead-beshty/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f6/walead-beshty-45594_between_there-s-a-generative-material-relationsh_1237756.jpg)

> [My works look to how images are produced, but specially based upon how the material reacts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walead-beshty/my-works-look-to-how-images-are-produced-but-specially-based-upon-how/)

[Walead Beshty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walead-beshty/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16a/walead-beshty-45594_based_my-works-look-to-how-images-are-produced_3152152.jpg)

## Other authors on Material

## More by Walead Beshty

> [I certainly like it if the work is beautiful, but that's a surplus effect. I can only think about that after I consider how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walead-beshty/i-certainly-like-it-if-the-work-is-beautiful-but-that-s-a-surplus/)

[Walead Beshty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walead-beshty/)

> [I was interested in making work that physically changed as it circulated through the art world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walead-beshty/i-was-interested-in-making-work-that-physically-changed-as-it/)

[Walead Beshty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walead-beshty/)

> [I try to consider each body of work on its own terms, discretely, so terms like 'sculpture' or 'photography', in their broad sense, don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walead-beshty/i-try-to-consider-each-body-of-work-on-its-own-terms-discretely-so/)

[Walead Beshty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walead-beshty/)

> [It's extremely difficult to say what one actually means by 'sculpture' other than, in a provisional sense, it's something that goes on the floor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walead-beshty/it-s-extremely-difficult-to-say-what-one-actually-means-by-sculpture/)

[Walead Beshty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walead-beshty/)

> [There's a generative material relationship between the material and the image that comes up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walead-beshty/there-s-a-generative-material-relationship-between-the-material-and/)

[Walead Beshty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walead-beshty/)

> [ \[X-ray's\] accidental discovery in the late 1800s fits seamlessly into modernity's fascination with, and belief in, the power of technological transparency: the desire to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walead-beshty/x-ray-s-accidental-discovery-in-the-late-1800s-fits-seamlessly-into/)

[Walead Beshty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walead-beshty/)

> [There is no photograph more inherently photographic than another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walead-beshty/there-is-no-photograph-more-inherently-photographic-than-another/)

[Walead Beshty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walead-beshty/)

> [I'm not particularly invested in, nor do I really care about, photography in a general sense. It's a medium that's relatively ubiquitous, readily accessible,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walead-beshty/i-m-not-particularly-invested-in-nor-do-i-really-care-about/)

[Walead Beshty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walead-beshty/)

> [My works look to how images are produced, but specially based upon how the material reacts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walead-beshty/my-works-look-to-how-images-are-produced-but-specially-based-upon-how/)

[Walead Beshty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walead-beshty/)

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