Gary Benfield

"Golden Mask" Signed Limited Edition Lithograph: 283/750

Poster. Measures 28 x 21 inches and is Unframed. Good Condition.

Asian artist, Lu Hong was born in Qin Huangdao, a coastal city in northeastern China. He emerged as a young artist straight out of high school and weathered the hard times of the Cu...

Limited Edition Print. Signed by artist (signature is illegible). The print measures 24.75 x 19.75 inches and is unframed. The date of creation is unknown, but is believed to be with...

"Abstract I" is a Framed and Matted Mixed Media Print with Gold-Leaf. The artist signature is illegible. It measures 40.5 x 34.5 inches. The date of creation is unknown but is believ...

Robert Llimós (Spain, 1943) 'Manhatttttan - 1', 1977 lithograph on paper 30 x 22.1 in. (76 x 56 cm.) Unframed ID: LLI1343-001-000 Hand-signed by author

Mask is a contemporary artwork realized by Franco Gentilini. Mixed colored lithograph. Hand signed on the lower margin Unique copy (as report on the lower margin) Includes frame.

Nja Mahdaoui (Tunisia, 1937) Untitled, ca.2000 silkscreen on paper 27.6 x 19.7 in. (70 x 50 cm.) Edition of 99 Good condition Unframed ID: NJA1099-001-099 ______________________________ Born in 1937, Tunis. He lives and works in Tunisia. In 1967, he graduated from the Academy of Arts of Santa Andrea in Rome and the Ecole du Louvre (Department of Oriental Antiquities). He pursued his academic training in Paris, at the Cite Internationale des Arts, on a scholarship from the Tunisian Government. He’s one of Tunisia’s leading artists and a notable Arab contemporary artist. Nja Mahdaoui is a visual artist who considers himself ‘an explorer of signs’ and has been described as a ‘choreographer of letters’. His work inspired by Arabic calligraphy is remarkably innovative as the aesthetic dimension of letters brings forth a sense of the poetic – highly rhythmic – arresting us with its rich abstracts compositions. Famous for his meticulous work in ink on parchment, Mahdaoui stresses the visual impact of his compositions, devoided of actual textual meaning, which he refers to as ‘calligrams’ or ‘graphemes’. Thus, the concept beyond the works reveals how the ideas are conveyed creatively through the artist choice of materials and medium: Canvas, vellum, papyrus, arches paper, silkscreen print, book, poster, design, sculpture, aluminium, brass, melamine, drum, textile, embroidery, tapestry, ceramic, wood, jewelry, stained steel glass, architecture, planes… Nja has been Jury member and Honor guest at many international events and biennales (Sharjah International Arabic Calligraphy Biennial, UAE, 2006, The International Arts Biennial of Tehran, Iran, 2006, Abu Dhabi Art Festival in 1989…) and he was member of the International Jury of the Arts Prize of UNESCO from 1993 to 1995. He has received a number of distinctions and international awards, such as the ‘Great prize for Arts and Letters’ from the Tunisian Ministry of culture in 2006 and the UNESCO great prize for Artcrafts in the Arab world in 2005. He designed monumental artworks such as windows murals for Facebook new Menlo Park Headquarters in California (2018), the window façade of the ALECSO headquarters in Tunis (2015), KAUST University Campus Mosque in Saudi Arabia (2010), Gulf Air aircrafts (50th Anniversary, 2000), sculptures and tapestries in Jeddah and Riyadh airports, Aramco head office in Dahran, and created many logos, designs and posters for theater plays, books, companies, and organizations such as Amnesty International in 1991… In addition, he took part in Art Projects, introducing his work in performing art within the framework of theatre and dance. Performances of ‘Total Art’ and ‘Body-Writing’: interactive communication between Arab and European artists, and artists from North America and Asia on the theme “Language and register in exchanges in visual arts“ in Tunisia, France, Italy, Denmark, Japan, Cuba, Canada, Germany and Jordan… In 2012, he has performed a charity live creation for Noor Dubai Foundation, in collaboration with 4 young Emiratis artists, hosted and organized by Christie’s, under the patronage of H.E. The Minister of Culture for the UAE, Abdulrahman Al Owais. And recently, a performance with the Italian artist Agostino Ferrari, ‘Meeting signs’ at the Living Art National Center in Tunisia and during the ‘Confini Festival’ at the Municipal Theater F. Cilea in Reggio Calabria, Italy. He takes part regularly in seminars and colloquia at universities in Tunisia and abroad and gives lectures. At the American University of Sharjah in 2007, in the AUD American University of Dubai in 2011 – ‘Crossing the Line: Drawing in the Middle East – intersections of transdisciplinary practice and understanding’, and lately at CSUN California State University Northridge and at UCLA University of California, Los Angeles in 2011. Nja participated in numerous exhibitions worldwide including ‘Word into Art’ at the British Museum, ‘The Brush dances & the Ink Signs’ at the Hermitage Museum, ‘Perspectives: Arab & Iranian modern masters’ at the Saatchi Gallery, the ‘Arab Book...

Visions is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by Orfeo Vitali. Hand Signed on the lower left margin. Numbered on the lower left. Edition of 100 prints.