Ben Anderson
dal 9/12/2010 al 6/1/2011
Segnalato da
9/12/2010
Ben Anderson
Ninapi' Nesting Art Gallery, Ravenna
Sculture. Il lavoro di Anderson esplora la casualita' espressiva del mondo naturale. Assembla e modifica oggetti ritrovati per rivelare nuovi ed inaspettati significati, esprimendo cosi' la sua ricerca plastica e narrativa.
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La galleria Ninapì presenta venerdì 10 dicembre le sculture
dell’artista Ben Anderson.
Nato a Lewisburg, Pasadena, ha studiato scultura alla Rhode Island
School of Design con Jay Coogan e Stuart Diamond.
Successivamente si è specializzato presso l'Universita' della
California, San Diego, con Kim Mac Connel ed Ernest Silva.
Attualmente insegna Storia dell'Arte presso la Rhode Island School of
Design.
Il lavoro di Anderson esplora la casualità espressiva del mondo
naturale.
Assembla e modifica oggetti ritrovati per rivelare nuovi ed
inaspettati significati, esprimendo così la sua ricerca plastica e
narrativa.
I suoi lavori sono presenti in numerose collezioni pubbliche e private.
Dall' Artist's Statement:
'Sono attratto dalla possibilità degli oggetti di poter essere
rivisitati: individuare nuovi messaggi ogni volta che li guardo è
parte essenziale del mio lavoro.
...All'interno di una estetica minimale tento di riportare al mondo
gli oggetti come non si sono mai visti.
Mi alleno ad una visione intuitiva, ad un processo che faccia emergere
l'inatteso, che lasci spazio all'accadimento del nuovo.
L'inatteso è sempre presente e rappresenta una grande risorsa.
Direi che questo è il mio quotidiano metodo di lavoro'
Immagine: Where's Dada, 2007
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Ben Anderson
Sculptures
A new exhibition dedicated to American contemporary art will open at
the Ninapì Art Gallery on Friday, december 10 presenting artwork by
artist Ben Anderson.
Ben Anderson was born in Lewisburg, PA. After frequent moves, he
finished high school in Santa Monica, CA. In 1980 he attended
Bucknell University where his father was a painting professor. While
on a semester abroad in London he visited the house of Henry Moore in
Leeds, England. After returning to the US he transferred to the Rhode
Island School of Design and studied sculpture with Jay Coogan and
painter Stuart Diamond. After graduating with a BFA in 1984 he
established a studio in the Foundry building in Providence, RI where
he supported his art career by making molds for other artists and
architects. It was at this time that the idea of appropriating objects
from the natural world through the use of molds became a viable means
for him to express ideas that were both narrative and formal.
Anderson received his MFA in 1992 from the University of California,
San Diego in La Jolla, CA where he worked with Newton Harrison, Kim
Mac Connell and Ernest Silva. After retuning to Rhode Island in 1994
he taught part time at area colleges and universities, including RISD,
Brown University, Bryant University and the University of Rhode Island
where he was hired full time in 2006 as an Assistant Professor in the
Department of Art and Art History.
Anderson’s work continues to draw upon the natural world. He collects
and mediates sampled objects through tools, molds and die casting,
expressing his ideas of form and narration. His work is included in
numerous private collections, and the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. He
has received a number of awards for his work in ceramics; the 1999
Byers’ Choice Award of Philadelphia, PA; a National Award in Ceramics,
the 2005 Directors Choice, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and the 2003
Rhode Island State Council of the Arts, Individual Artist Grant. In
spring 2009 Anderson served as Artist in Residence at the Gordon
School, East Providence, RI.
Image: Where's Dada, 2007
Inaugurazione venerdì 10 dicembre, ore 18
L'artista sarà presente all'inaugurazione.
Ninapì
via Giovanni Pascoli 31- Ravenna
Orario: gio – sab ore 17 - 19
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