WILL BENEDICT – THE SOCIAL DEMOCRAT
2017-03-13Will Benedictʼs eclectic practice emphasizes the dialogue between the different media of painting, drawing, photography and increasingly also film. Deconstructing conventions of representation, Benedictʼs work incorporates disparate elements, addresses contemporary issues but is also imbued with a sense of incongruity and ambivalence.
The predominant motif in Will Benedictʼs practice is that of the “picture in the picture”. His paintings in gouache on canvas are mounted within larger panels of foam board where photographs or (smaller) paintings are integrated as part of the final composition and set in aluminium and glass frames. The smaller canvas inserts depict a wide spectrum from colourful Parisian street scenes, to yellow-golden cornfields, from female portraits to the contours of countries, from body fragments to abstract figurations. Even though Benedictʼs pictures are based on the method of collage, they do not aim at fragmenting the picture, but on the contrary appear surprisingly homogeneous.
Opposite – Christiana Figueres, 2017
Exhibition runs through to March 24th, 2017
Giò Marconi
via Tadino 20
I-20124 Mila
