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… — Walead Beshty Copy Share Image
I was interested in making work that physically changed as it circulated through the art world. — Walead Beshty Copy Share Image
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… — Walead Beshty Copy Share Image
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… — Walead Beshty Copy Share Image
There's a generative material relationship between the material and the image that comes up. — Walead Beshty Copy Share Image
[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… — Walead Beshty Copy Share Image
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,… — Walead Beshty Copy Share Image
My works look to how images are produced, but specially based upon how the material reacts. — Walead Beshty Copy Share Image
![“[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 domesticate time (cinema), to preserve and capture the surface of the fleeting (photography), to see inside (x-ray).” quote by Walead Beshty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bcc/walead-beshty-45594_belief_x-ray-s-accidental-discovery-in-the-late_1448388.jpg)
