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sculpture, objects & installation
from benjamin

other art from benjamin

words and writing from benjamin

Benjamin creates three dimensional art of objects in space. This is often found objects and processed or 'assisted' rather than created, and is sometimes site-specific. See some examples of his work below.

music and sound from benjamin

other art from san

Circuit City
A cityscape of circuitry and CDRs in the urban oasis of an overgrown North London backyard.

Circuit City (i) (2001)

Circuit City (ii) (2001)
Circuit City (iii) (2001)
 
Circuit City (iv) (2001)
Circuit City (v) (2001)
Circtui City (vi) (2001)
Circuit City (vii) (2001)
Circuit City (viii) (2001)
 
 
The tomb (i) (2001)

The Tomb
Discovering an ancient scene within some obsolete packaging

 
  The Tomb (iii) (2001) The Tomb (iv) (2001) The Tomb (v) (2001)  
 

Guidance
Transporting crowd barriers (purchased at cost, with thanks to Tensator) across London we were able to experiment with people's movement in space.

Guidance: Tensators (i) (2000)
Guidance: Tensators (ii) (2000)
Guidance: Tensators (iii) (2000)
 
Guidance: Tensators (iv) (2000)
Guidance: Tensators (v) (2000)
Guidance: Tensators (vi) (2000)
Guidance: Tensators (vii) (2000)
 
Guidance: Tensators (viii) (2000)
Guidance: Tensators (ix) (2000)
Guidance: Tensators (x) (2000)
Guidance: Tensators (xi) (2000)

Ultimately the barriers became a frame or platform creating the necessary artificiality for the art to exist within.

 

Models & Doorways
These works consist of models constructed from found objects and photographed to create the illusion of a 'life-size' physical environment.

Doorway (i) (1999)
Passage (i) (1999)
Opening with view to Alexandra Palace (1999)
 
Model (i) (1999)
Doorway (ii) (1999)
Internal Doors (1999)
 

Passage (ii) (1999)

Model (ii) with gas tower (1999)
Maze model with North London horizon (1999)
Model (iii) (1999)
 
 

Tubes
As part of this period of works which included the barriers, lines and mazes, the tube works were anpther development inspired by directional systems.

Tube sketch (1999)
Tubed studio installation view (i) (1999)
Tuded studio installation view (ii) (1999)

Found and collected items were extended into a work which encompassed the whole shared studio space.

 

Lines
We are bound in our behaviours by the most arbitrary of barriers; often simply painted lines. I took these divisions and communications on an aesthetic journey around the studio.

Lines (i) (1999)
Lines (ii) (1999)
Lines (iii) (1999)

This piece was also recreated for a group show at The Quicksilver Gallery, Middlesex University in April 1999.

It could be irony or a self-fulfilling prophecy that I latterly worked with these kind of barriers and lines on a daily basis.

 
Lines (iv) (1999)
Lines (v) (1999)
 
 

Roads
The open road is a powerful idealistic symbol in Western society; but spaghetti junction could be its antithesis. Or is it? Perhaps this systematic circuitry is the next stage, and there is an obvious analogue with our ever-present 'information super highway'. Again using found objects, I explored the idea of roads and pathways.

Roads (i): overpass (1999)
Roads (ii) (1999)
Roads (iii) (1999)

I grew up with a view of a motorway. Sometimes I would ride to one of the bridges to look down on the cars: the continuous sound was almost soothing.

 

apocalypse of the
first city

I created a city from found objects, imagery and text; and then systematically destroyed it by erosion and fire.

First City (i) (1998)
First City (ii) (1998)
First City (iv) (1998)
First City (iii) (1998)
First City (v) (1998)
First City (vi) (1998)
First City (vii) (1998)
First City (ix) (1998)
First City (viii) (1998)
 

Icons
purely aesthetic items made from found objects and images, but by exploring their properties and resonances they took on the form of devotional icons or totems.

Reprographic Triptych (1998)
Air and Light Icon (i) (1998)
Air and Light Icon (ii) (1998)
 
 
Shelter Icon (1998)
Apocalypse diptych (1998)
Lilac icon for a lover (1998)

Some of these pieces were displayed in the 'Communication' group show at the Quicksilver Gallery, Middlesex University in 1998.

 

early works:
A tower of obsolete information, and a tribal mask created from modern detritus.

Tower of obsolete information (1997)
Tribal mask (1996)
   

All work exhibited herein is the copyright of the sanguinearts network and the artists named