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Still Life With Sneakers - Original - Part of Candy Wrapper Collage Series

Name: Still Life With Sneakers - Original - Part of Candy Wrapper Collage Series
Brand: Laura Benjamin
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)

$5,500

£4,165.55

€4,865.59

CA$7,873.15

A$7,981.03

CHF 4,539.38

MX$97,151.71

NOK 53,242.48

SEK 53,372.60

DKK 36,370.32

About the Item

Original. Part of Candy Wrapper Collage series in Pop Art style. Natural wood frame. Homage to the sneaker and its sidekick the baseball. About the Artist: Benjamin received her Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts from the American University in Washington D.C. and her Master’s Degree in Art Education from New York University. In addition she received an Associate’s Degree in Textile Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology and studied at The Art Student’s League, The Parson’s School of Design and The New School. Benjamin taught art for 34 years. While on sabbatical from teaching she studied textile design. For the next 15 years she continued to teach, as well as freelance as a textile designer in both home furnishings and the apparel markets. In the mid 90’s her focus turned towards computer graphics, and as an art educator, she incorporated this into her curriculum. She was awarded for a “successful practice in crossing the digital divide through art and technology” by the United States Department of Education. Her early works were oils and acrylics. During the late 60’s her interest was in pure abstraction. Pop Art and the human figure began to interest her in the early 70’s. Gradually, Benjamin was drawn to experimenting with mixed media. In the 80’s there was the influence of a career in textile design that moved her towards a more decorative style. In the 90’s, she became involved in the teaching of computer graphics. This was to have a profound influence in aiding and developing a more recent “POP” style. She began to incorporate into her paintings, torn pieces of digital printouts of her subjects. “The part of me that is the “digital artist” became very inspired by the use of the computer as a tool with which I could manipulate my subject and its color energy. The “fine artist” in me was then able to incorporate these concepts into a new image on my canvas. Having always had an interest in mixed media, my current work is now a combination of both POP and Collage. Since 2008 I have been creating a body of work dubbed “Candy Wrapper Collage”. A juried show’s theme, “gluttony”, challenged me to ultimately explore my POP figures through a new medium….candy wrappers! Razor blades are my new paintbrushes and candy wrappers are my new paints. Utilizing torn, cut and expired candy wrappers and their packaging, I render my subjects in diverse and colorful forms. I create representational images of celebrities and pop-culture objects. The wrappers are manipulated to give color, form, movement and whimsy to the subjects, creating both a carnal delight and an exciting visual effect. My work is inspired by the sensual delight of sweets. The physical wrappers serve the colors of the pieces as well as using the candy names to comment on the subject they are portraying. The result that I aim for is a nuanced iconography that is visually energizing, provocative and humorous.”

Creator:
Laura Benjamin (1945, American)
Dimensions:
Height: 22 in (55.88 cm)Width: 28 in (71.12 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
Medium:
Mixed Media
Movement & Style:
Pop Art
Period:
2010-
Condition:
Gallery Location:
New York, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU64432328061

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