Benjamin Edwards Softstream Meadows 2006
acrylic, oil and texture media on canvas, 44 by 60 inches
Courtesy Greenberg van Doren Gallery (art critical)
Greenberg Van Doren Gallery
730 Fifth Avenue at 57th Street
New York City
212 445 0444
November 17, 2006 - January 12, 2007
I missed this show (as well as the review in a timely fashion) but saw his work in an earlier exhibition two years ago. I believe the works I saw then might've been strictly in acrylic and lacked this (newfound?) sense of atmosphere. Even still (without the oil), the structure is incredible not just as a perspective element but as a surface element as well. The simple act of layering is made to be amazing.
Greg compares Edwards to George Lucas's backdrops from the early Star Wars trilogy.
