Benjamin King White Sparkle
October 14 - November 13 2010
Laroche/Joncas is pleased to present an exhibition of paintings by American artist Benjamin King titled 'White Sparkle'. This will be the first solo exhibition in Canada by the Brooklyn based artist.
'White Sparkle' is a selection of paintings made over the past two years. These paintings merge abstract expression with landscape in ways that both enhance and push against each other. The surfaces range from almost bare canvas to thick encrusted fields of paint. Brushstrokes and textures mimic the feeling of nature more than they literally describe it. There is a compression of images and sensations, which have absorbed the places, feelings and textures found in nature. These paintings are a balancing act between the description of the familiar symbols for nature and an exploration of abstraction and material improvisation.
Benjamin King holds a BFA from the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from the University of Chicago. King has exhibited in many group shows in the United States including NEXT Chicago 2010 with Projex-Mtl, "It's my World" at Baer Ridgway Exhibitions in San Francisco, CA, "Seasonal Pictures" at ACME in Los Angeles, CA, "Grass is Green" and in Europe "Born to Die" at
Second Home Projects in Berlin, Germany among others.
Benjamin King will be having a solo exhbition next year at Dvorak Sec Contemporary in Prague, Czech Republic.
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