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Created with 4,000 recycled computer keys from old keyboards.
Inspired from original art by Keith Haring. (1958 - 1990)
52 x 52 x 2 overall dimensions
48 x 48 Art dimensions
Powder coated Gold Vein welded aluminum frame
Keith Haring

Word Search spelled out with the computer keys is hidden throughout the artwork.
I am a necessary part of an important search to which there is no end.
Nothing is important…so everything is important.
Keith Haring
Pop Shop
Crack is Wack
Andy Mouse

The innovative artist Doug Powell creates the illusion of three-dimensional form through the use and arrangement of recycled or up-cycled computer keyboard keys. Each computer key cap has a unique, tangible history that bears the weathered patina of thousands of uses. “I want the viewer to ponder the infinite, profound combination of thoughts, ideas and inspirations that have surely passed through this intellectual porthole...all made possible with just the common computer key,” Powell said. From a distance, the three-dimensional mosaics look like a textured painting, but closer examination reveals an unexpected landscape of hidden words, phrases and quotes intimately related to the work. In effect, the viewer gets a little history...