October 16 - November 14, 2009
Ben Webb
A degraded sense of beauty haunts these new works by Ben Webb. Lush chrysanthemum images from the 50's are up-sized and commercially re-printed onto big sheets of etching paper. The enhancement of the slightly battered originals is complete when Webb, with canny control, works a wash of phosphorescent pigments over the top. So beauty in these blooms floats within a poured iridescence. Petals become anemone-like, form more fluid, and the feeling is both gritty and baroque.
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Details of works above...
| Study 4 VIII 09 (diptych) | 1020 x 1450mm | |
| Study NZ XI | 1010 x 730mm | |
| Study 08 | 960 x 670mm | |
| Study 30 VII 09 | 1010 x 730mm |
Additional works
| 1. Study I X 09 | 980 x 770mm framed | |
| 2. Study 20 VII 09 | 1220 x 900mm framed | |
| 3. Study 08 | 960 x 720mm | |
| 4. Study 1 VI 09 | 1010 x 700mm |
All works are oil, ink, gouache and metallic pigment on etching paper.