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League of Legends
41 x 41 x 2
Frame aluminum powder coated wrinkle black
Currently featured and available in my private collection.

There is a word search spelled out with the computer keys hidden throughout the art.

L V The Truth
Respect yourself
Life’s a journey
Don’t turn around
It’s not just a fashion
You can’t buy class
Where will life take you
The power of dreams
League of legends

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...