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Leon Benn: Nurse Logs

Past exhibition
21 January - 26 February 2022
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Leon Benn, Pathway, 2021, oil and fabric dye on linen, 26.5 x 26.5 in. (67.31 x 67.31 cm)
Leon Benn, Pathway, 2021, oil and fabric dye on linen, 26.5 x 26.5 in. (67.31 x 67.31 cm)
Benn's playful curiosity is immediately evident, as he guides the viewer through a historical journey that begins on a dark forest walk, leading into the cold light of day.
In the forest, as a fallen tree decomposes it offers plentiful resources that sustain other life as its nutrients are returned and recycled back into the ecosystem. Through natural processes of generation and destruction balance is maintained in the forest, where the smallest organisms such as fungi, bacteria, and moss, play crucial roles. Envisioning himself as a "voyeuristic artist," Benn leans away from reproaching humanity's ill effect on natural settings, instead favoring an analytical approach in what he describes as, "framing an artificial humanity alongside the strange and mystical ecological stirrings of the forest world."
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Works
  • Leon Benn, The Reptilian Brain Likes Pizza, 2021
    Leon Benn, The Reptilian Brain Likes Pizza, 2021
  • Leon Benn, Puffin's Lament, 2021

    Leon Benn, Puffin's Lament, 2021

  • Susan Wick, Mystical Boulder in the Parking Lot, 2021

    Susan Wick, Mystical Boulder in the Parking Lot, 2021

  • Leon Benn, Beercan Entropy, 2021
    Leon Benn, Beercan Entropy, 2021
  • Leon Benn, Very Ancient Times (After Vesuvius), 2021
    Leon Benn, Very Ancient Times (After Vesuvius), 2021
  • Leon Benn, Pathway, 2021

    Leon Benn, Pathway, 2021

  • Leon Benn, Sleepy Forest, 2021
    Leon Benn, Sleepy Forest, 2021
  • Leon Benn, Real Rough Freedom, 2021
    Leon Benn, Real Rough Freedom, 2021
  • Leon Benn, Nurse Logs, 2021

    Leon Benn, Nurse Logs, 2021

  • Leon Benn, Post-Nuclear Pizza Picnic, 2021

    Leon Benn, Post-Nuclear Pizza Picnic, 2021

Installation Views
  • Benn Nurselogs Install2 Web
  • Benn Nurselogs Install12 Web
  • Benn Nurselogs Install5 Web
  • Benn Nurselogs Install11 Web
  • Benn Nurselogs Install8 Web
  • Benn Nurselogs Install3 Web
  • Benn Nurselogs Install15 Web
  • Benn Nurselogs Install21 Web
  • Benn Nurselogs Install20 Web

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