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30/9/2012

Ben Turnbull

Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts - LICA, Lancaster

This autumn Live at LICA will present a retrospective look at Ben Turnbull’s striking visual arts practice from the last decade. The exhibition will feature over 20 major sculptural and wall- based works alongside newly commissioned pieces and a publication with an essay by Richard Dyer.

Fascinated by the dominance of American culture, Turnbull’s work adopts childrens’ playthings, cult items and symbolic objects for its distinctive aesthetic. The objects are manipulated and combined with satire to comment on war, violence, the depths of patriotism and the paranoid state of society. The artist’s passion for American culture often leads to America and Americana finding themselves in the firing line of his ‘angry pop cultural statements’.

The work requires a multi-skilled approach that includes mould-making, carving, carpentry and collage; every aspect of the highly finished work is undertaken by the artist himself. It is no coincidence that a recent Turnbull show was named A.C.M.E. after the fake Loony Tunes supply store, A Company that Makes Everything; an apt metaphor for Turnbull who operates every station of the production line in the making of his work. Despite the toy factory feel and finish of the work, you are never far from Turnbull’s scathing commentary on society.

For further information and images please contact Jamie at Live at LICA jamie@liveatlica.org or Richenda at Sutton PR richenda@suttonpr.com

1st October – 24th November 2012

Opening event 24th October 6.00 – 7.30pm

Peter Scott Gallery - Live at LICA
(Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts)
Lancaster University, Lancaster

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