Walead Beshty at Petzel Gallery

Walead Beshty’s exhibition at Petzel Gallery opens like a revenge drama on uncooperative office equipment, with this sculpture composed of a monitor, skewered by a steel pole and spewing out its interior components. Rather than commenting on frustration or alienation with technology, however, Beshty’s piece expresses his ongoing interest in exposing behind-the-scenes aspects of conceiving of, creating and displaying art. (On view through June 17th).

Walead Beshty, Office Work (Apple iMac A1312 27” Desktop Intel Core 2 Duo), Apple iMac A1312 27” Desktop Intel Core 2 Duo and steel, 72.5 x 30.5 x 30.5 inches, 2017.