YES BUT IS IT TORTURE? by William T. Wiley

YES BUT IS IT TORTURE? by William T. Wiley

YES BUT IS IT TORTURE?

William T. Wiley

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Title

YES BUT IS IT TORTURE?

 
Artist
Year
2009  
Technique
hand colored etching 
Image Size
15 7/8 x 15 13/16" platemark 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
A.P. (proof outside the published edition of 40) 
Annotations
pencil editioned in lower left; annotated: "FOR DIANA FULLER. THANKS DIANA LOVE WILEY 2010"; printer's chop in lower right 
Reference
Art Institute of Chicago accession #2014.1161 
Paper
heavy, antique-white wove 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
20371 
Price
$3,000.00 
Description

Wiley offers his usual bizarre, yet poignant universal view and comment on the "War on Terror," in the US, the world, and the art world, depicting a prison cell with various torture objects including a "water board" in a bucket of oil and an electric prod. A sign reads: "Enhanced Techniques of Interrogation of a Neo Minimalist Painting US R-Me.." On the left wall is graffiti that reads: "E lemon 8 WAR & Suffering Thru DEATH."

A Neo-Minimalist canvas is hung from a hook, twisted and punctured with nails. A weight is hung at the bottom and blood drips to the floor.

This artist's proof is pencil annotated "For Diana Fuller + Thanks Diana Love Wiley 2010." Diana Fuller was Wiley's dealer in San Francisco.

 

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