In-N-Out Burger, 2020
Digital print on fine art paper with hand-made acrylic emoji appliqué
61 x 61 x 1cm
Edition of 30 + 5 AP, each unique
Signed and numbered
800 €
Gina Beavers is known for her inflated object-like paintings of Instagram pics that circulate widely around the web. Beavers tends to enter the circulation of these digital images – from screen to screen – and pull something very meaty and palpable out of them. This net-savvy use of the medium has garnered her critical acclaim and a recent solo show at MoMA PS1 in New York, "The Life I Deserve" (2019). The exhibition showcased Beavers perverse penchant for all manner of image porn: from food to nail art to makeup tutorials, where lipstick, like her treatment of paint, is laid on thick.
One of Beaver's most talked-about works is the playfully bulging cheeseburgers and fries, "In-N-Out Burger" (2014), taken from an up-close shot of one of the fast food chain's signature dishes. For her edition for Spike, "In-N-Out Burger" (2020), Beavers turned her painting back into a 2-D image, each print adorned with a sculptural burger emoji made out of masses of paint acrylic sits on top of the flat picture. These unique editions – not one is alike – prove that Beavers can just as well flatten her own images, and make them swell all over again.
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