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.
