Addenda to a Sequence of Appearances

• Walead Beshty is a conceptual artist working across a variety of mediums who has exhibited his work at some of the world’s most renowned institutions. Though visually abstract, Beshty uses the term ’concrete’ to emphasise that his artwork is not alienated from life
• The publication explores the many exhibitions that Walead Beshty has presented in collaboration with Thomas Dane Gallery in London, Turin and Naples and reflects on the artist’s motivations behind each project
• This unique monograph is itself an extension of Beshty’s artistic practice. Walead Beshty takes a semiotic approach to bookmaking with contributions from the book’s publisher Francis Atterbury, designer Billie Temple and Thomas Dane partner Francois Chantala. These feature alongside an essay by leading professor of Juridical Sociology Carlo De Rita

One of today’s leading conceptual artists, Los Angeles-based Walead Beshty (b. 1976, London) works across photography, sculpture and words. Self-referential, playful and imaginative, Addenda to a Sequence of Appearances documents his exhibitions with Thomas Dane Gallery across Europe and is a guide to the artist’s key bodies of work.Uncovering processes is central to Beshty’s art. He deliberately incorporated marks made by oxidation and human touch into his FedEx copper works and Copper Surrogate works, as well as photographing the many individuals involved in his exhibitions in Industrial Portraits. The work that has gone into this substantial monograph, which features contributions from publisher Francis Atterbury, book designer Billie Temple and Thomas Dane partner Francois Chantala, is laid bare. Also presented is an insightful essay by leading professor of Juridical Sociology Carlo De Rita.Adopting a semiotic approach to books as ’not just a thing you hold, but something held in common’, Addenda to a Sequence of Appearances embraces the archetypal format, tropes and conventions of a traditional - if unorthodox - book, employing printing and publishing practices seldom seen in contemporary bookmaking.

Walead Beshty’s work explores photography’s relationship to reality and the myriad of ways to conceive and develop the photographic image. The celebrated artist and writer earned a Bachelor of Arts from Bard College and a Master of Fine Arts from Yale University School of Art. Walead Beshty has taught at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts in New York. He is represented by Regen Projects in the USA and Thomas Dane Gallery in Europe and exhibits his work internationally.