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Ben Alper
Photography | 2014
Taken from the term coined by Catalan architect and historian Ignasi de Sola-Morales, 'terrain vague' sites are those that foreground the process of construction and deconstruction and underscore the ambiguous transition from one state of “being” to another. As a result, these spaces evoke a strong sense of being in between histories, function and time. This also activates them to explore a number of seemingly diametric relationships – those between presence and absence, inscription and erasure, preservation and ruination and appearance and disappearance.
At its most elemental, this work is an examination of space – both physical and psychic. Our experience of the world is dictated by a few fundamental and interacting spatial and perceptual operations. It is through these processes that we arbitrate the physical world we encounter everyday. The brain filters and reconstructs what we see to make it coherent and orienting. By destabilizing spatial associations within the photograph, I hope to broaden the exploration of space – acknowledging it both as a corporeal experience and a mental construct. It is this duality, between the physical and the cognitive, that I am attempting to call attention to in this work.
Size
40 x 26 2/3" - Framed
Materials
Pigment print
Edition of 3
Authenticity
Signed by the artist
Untitled (Metal and Shadow)
Photography
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Ben Alper
Photography | 2014
Taken from the term coined by Catalan architect and historian Ignasi de Sola-Morales, 'terrain vague' sites are those that foreground the process of construction and deconstruction and underscore the ambiguous transition from one state of “being” to another. As a result, these spaces evoke a strong sense of being in between histories, function and time. This also activates them to explore a number of seemingly diametric relationships – those between presence and absence, inscription and erasure, preservation and ruination and appearance and disappearance.
At its most elemental, this work is an examination of space – both physical and psychic. Our experience of the world is dictated by a few fundamental and interacting spatial and perceptual operations. It is through these processes that we arbitrate the physical world we encounter everyday. The brain filters and reconstructs what we see to make it coherent and orienting. By destabilizing spatial associations within the photograph, I hope to broaden the exploration of space – acknowledging it both as a corporeal experience and a mental construct. It is this duality, between the physical and the cognitive, that I am attempting to call attention to in this work.
Size
40 x 26 2/3" - Framed
Materials
Pigment print
Edition of 3
Authenticity
Signed by the artist
Untitled (Wire Mesh and Shadow)
Photography
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BA Thomas
Mixed Media | 2021
BA Thomas creates paintings exploring the relationship between space, time, and the human experience. While predominantly an oil painter, her artistic practice also envelops aspects of writing, drawing, and collage. She questions traditional social constructs of spaces, the behavioral choices inferred from movement or objects, the meaning behind possessions, and ultimately, what humans leave behind.
Size
18 x 18" - Unframed
Materials
Oil and acrylic on canvas
Authenticity
Hand signed by the artist
Meet Cute
Painting
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BA Thomas
Mixed Media | 2021
BA Thomas creates paintings exploring the relationship between space, time, and the human experience. While predominantly an oil painter, her artistic practice also envelops aspects of writing, drawing, and collage. She questions traditional social constructs of spaces, the behavioral choices inferred from movement or objects, the meaning behind possessions, and ultimately, what humans leave behind.
Size
24 x 36" - Unframed
Materials
Collage and oil on canvas
Authenticity
Hand signed by the artist
Upside Down
Painting
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