Ben Weiner

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Ben Weiner / Peak, 2013 / oil on canvas / 55 x 65 inches / partial installation view / Dallas Art Fair


Artist Biography

By photographing paint and luxurious ephemera at close range, then using the resulting image as his subject, Ben Weiner creates works that pose a confusion of object, subject and medium. Weiner's paintings harness the idolatrous fetishistic desire of consumer culture, the fashion industry, and the art world. Thus, his paintings self-critically describe the duality of their own identity as both transcendent creation and commercial item. Likewise, all of the themes and references in the paintings reinforce their status as consumer/art objects. Roland Bathes' application of Freud's concept of "the uncanny" to landscape photography is the pertinent reference.

Weiner (b. 1980, Burlington, VT) received his BA from Wesleyan University (CT). He also studied under Mexican muralist José Lazcarro at Universidad de las Americas (Mexico) and has worked closely with artists Jeff Koons, Kim Sooja and Amy Yoes as an assistant. He has exhibited his work widely across the United States and in Mexico with solo shows in Los Angeles, New York and Puebla, and group exhibitions in Chicago, New York, Miami, New Haven, Ridgefield, Los Angeles and Riverside. His paintings can be found in the Sammlung/Collection (Germany), the Progressive Collection (OH), and the Frederick R. Weisman Foundation Collection (CA). The artist lives and works in New York City.

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Exhibitions


"OPEN"

"OPEN"

Jan 8 – Feb 12, 2011

Ben Weiner

Ben Weiner

Jun 5 – Jul 3, 2010

Ben Weiner

Ben Weiner

May 19 – Jul 7, 2007


Selected Press

Artsy Editorial - Ben Weiner on Painting Paint

Wes Live - Introspective Magazine highlights art by Ben Weiner '03

The Morning News - Get Closer Ben Weiner

Introspective Magazine - The Talent: Ben Weiner

New American Painter - In the Studio: Ben Weiner

redefine magazine - ben weiner's material and illusion

Examiner - Material and Illusion Inspiration Ben Weiner Exhibition at Mark Moore Gallery

Daily DuJour - Seen: Ben Weiner at Mark Moore Gallery

ArtDaily - Ben Weiner's Second Solo Exhibition in LA Opens at Mark Moore Gallery

Mark Moore Gallery: Statements 3 - Ben Weiner

New York Times - Celebrating a Decade of Nurturing Artists on the Verge

New York Times - A Show Goes Heavy on a Traditional Medium Yet Feels Fresh

New Haven Advocate - Painted Over: Reflections on a desperate art

art US - Ben Weiner Review

Art&Antiques - Strange Forces: Four painters create ambiguous, provocative imagery that touches on the sublime