Walead Beshty Copper Surrogate skateboard art by the skateroom
Copper Surrogate
Copper Surrogate

Copper Surrogate

€6.000,00

Limited Edition of 25

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Limited Edition of 25

Made of solid copper, in Belgium.

The intention behind Walead Beshty’s work is the exploration of the relationship between images and the world in which they produce meaning. The Copper Surrogate series sees Beshty produce works made of copper specifically for the purpose of exploiting the space in which they are to be exhibited. Additionally, the artist explores the interaction that occurs between the works and the installers that set them in place, revealed only through the distinct oxidation patterns they leave behind. THE SKATEROOM is privileged to release this limited series of original copper decks by Walead Beshty.

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Details
  • Certificate of Authenticity issued by THE SKATEROOM
  • The deck measures approx. 31x8in (80x20cm)
  • Made of solid copper, in Belgium
  • Weight: 9 kg
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Portrait of Walead BESHTY

About the Artist

Portrait of Walead BESHTY

Walead Beshty (b. 1976, London; based in Los Angeles) is an artist, photographer, and writer whose work investigates how artworks are made, circulated, and transformed by systems—from shipping logistics to gallery labor.

Beshty gained recognition with his FedEx series: glass or copper sculptures made to FedEx box dimensions and shipped unprotected so that damage—cracks, oxidation, fingerprints—became part of the work’s history and meaning. In works like Color Curls and Transparencies, film and photographic paper are exposed was to airport scanners, producing abstract surfaces marked by chance and movement.

His practice extends to large-scale installations of cyanotypes and copper panels that catalog studio debris or gallery interaction, making visible the often-invisible labor behind exhibitions.

Beshty studied at Bard College (BA 1999) and Yale (MFA 2002), and has taught at institutions including UCLA, CalArts, Bard, and SCI‑Arc. His work has featured in solo exhibitions at venues like the Barbican Centre (London), Kunsthalle Basel, MAMCO Geneva, and exhibitions at MoMA, Whitney, Guggenheim, Tate, and other major institutions worldwide.

In essence, Walead Beshty creates visually compelling objects and images that record their own passage through the art world—inviting us to see systems, movement, and chance as integral to meaning.

Walead Beshty (b. 1976, London; based in Los Angeles) is an artist, photographer, and writer whose work investigates how artworks are made, circulated, and transformed by systems—from shipping logistics to gallery labor. Beshty gained recognition with his FedEx series: glass or copper sculptures ma
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Walead Beshty (b. 1976, London; based in Los Angeles) is an artist, photographer, and writer whose work investigates how artworks are made, circulated, and transformed by systems—from shipping logistics to gallery labor.

Beshty gained recognition with his FedEx series: glass or copper sculptures made to FedEx box dimensions and shipped unprotected so that damage—cracks, oxidation, fingerprints—became part of the work’s history and meaning. In works like Color Curls and Transparencies, film and photographic paper are exposed was to airport scanners, producing abstract surfaces marked by chance and movement.

His practice extends to large-scale installations of cyanotypes and copper panels that catalog studio debris or gallery interaction, making visible the often-invisible labor behind exhibitions.

Beshty studied at Bard College (BA 1999) and Yale (MFA 2002), and has taught at institutions including UCLA, CalArts, Bard, and SCI‑Arc. His work has featured in solo exhibitions at venues like the Barbican Centre (London), Kunsthalle Basel, MAMCO Geneva, and exhibitions at MoMA, Whitney, Guggenheim, Tate, and other major institutions worldwide.

In essence, Walead Beshty creates visually compelling objects and images that record their own passage through the art world—inviting us to see systems, movement, and chance as integral to meaning.

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A Certificate of Authenticity is included with all our limited editions and original artworks. CoAs are either signed by the artist or THE SKATEROOM to validate the editions and, when relevant, include their edition numbers.

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