steve campos
wall * mart catalogue raisonnĂŠ
This amazing selection of work will empty your wallet but leave you with the satisfaction that only money can buy! Assemble a bike, show off art on your wall or put on an art show at your house; as far as you care it’s the best deal you will ever come across. Use it, collect it, hoard it, just take it home! The wall is at capacity: quality you can value! Purchase individually or in bulk!
In WALL*MART, Steve Campos sells what he has of value: bike parts he owns, art he has made, as well as his own value as an artist, welder and craftsman. The collection of bike parts both inspires him as an artist (who often incorporates bike parts into his work) as well as symbolizes a cheap labor he can’t compete with. Here, these bike parts take on a new value: as cultural pieces and sources of inspiration. Contrasting with this is Campos’ own metal work. Both the Flying Chippie and the Sun—made out of similarly cheap bike parts—are the product of hours of hand work. Finally, exploring his value as an artist, Campos prices out the cost of the whole show at his standard welding rate of $60/hr. All art and labor included for a show on the go.
NOT PICTURED Wall*Mart $2,340 39 hours of work to put up a show in a small space with all labor included. Billed at regular rate of $60/hr. Flying Chippie $800 Repurposed bike parts The Sun $500 Repurposed bike parts
16 Tooth Freewheel $60.00 Makes any bike look like a fixie— and that’s worth a lot.
30 Tooth Sprocket Chain Ring With Guard $60.00 A CNC sprocket shows you know about expensive parts.
700c inner tube 12.99 Bullet-proof, this will never leak.
Brake Cable $8.00 Yup, it’s a cable and it is for sale.
Chain Ring Bolts $21.00 Fixiefy anything with these.
Fancy V-Brake $61.00 V-brakes with an attitude—for extreme applications only, of course.
you’re only worth
what
you make.