Lines of Disruption

  • Artwork Wade Guyton

In Couleur et Fabrication, Wade Guyton transforms a 1960s Italian lamp catalogue into layered compositions of colour, chance and machine error

Wade Guyton is an American artist known for his experimental approach to digital printing. Wade Guyton: Couleur et Fabrication (2011, Galleria Gió Marconi, Milan) documents his second solo exhibition at the gallery, featuring 44 ‘drawings’ made in 2009. For this series, Guyton tore pages from a 1960s Italian lamp catalogue and marked them with geometric lines in varying colours. Using a basic ink jet printer, he ran the pages through the machine, layering new digital elements over the original imagery. This process, central to Guyton’s practice, introduces mechanical chance and disruption, recalling influences from Russian Constructivism and the Bauhaus. The book presents reproductions of the works on display, highlighting Guyton’s ongoing dialogue between fabrication, colour and the evolving role of technology in art.

Wade Guyton: Couleur et Fabrication, Galleria Gió Marconi: Milan, 2011

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