For Gary Simmons, the performative, expressionistic gesture of swiping the wet paint of words and symbols across the canvas is an aggressively controlled disruption of the near perfection of the lettering and exquisitely painted backgrounds in this wallpaper.

The smeared paint produces the appearance of motion, partially obscures the words, references the speed with which this language is codified, and addresses the illusive meaning of the brutality of its environment. The subject itself, combined with the tradition of painting, invokes consideration of racial realities, social history, and psychological fantasy.

This mural-style wallpaper is custom-printed upon order and scaled to your room or wall.

Gary Simmons
anywhere else but here, 2006
wallpaper
150 square feet
edition of 5
$20,000