About the artist

Smalley Travess

United States

Travess Smalley (b. 1986) is a New York-based artist exploring image politics in a post-internet world, often reinterpreting psychedelia through abstract mediation. His work defies categorization, blending painting, photography, sculpture, and digital media. Smalley aims to create experiences where viewers can no longer distinguish the digital from the real, challenging visual perception and material boundaries.

Travess Smalley (b. 1986) is a New York-based artist exploring image politics in a post-internet world, often reinterpreting psychedelia through abstract mediation. His work defies categorization, blending painting, photography, sculpture, and digital media. Smalley aims to create experiences where viewers can no longer distinguish the digital from the real, challenging visual perception and material boundaries.
About the artwork

Composition in Clay 37.9


Photography. Chromogenic print, cutting-edge photography.

Hand selected by our curators


Travess Smalley redefines abstraction in photography, using modeling clay on a flatbed scanner. He kneads, twists, and imprints textures, creating intricate surfaces. When enlarged, tiny cracks and refracted light become monumental, revealing a microscopic world of gestural details that merge digital and tactile experimentation.
Other details
  • Size 90 W x 120 H x 4 D cm
  • Mediums Color
  • Styles Abstract
  • Creation year 2013
  • Authenticity This work includes the artist's signature
  • Ships from United States
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