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April Issue 2008
Redux Contemporary Art Center in Charleston,
SC, Features Works by Benjamin Bellas
Redux Contemporary Art Center in Charleston, SC, is presenting, Greetings from somewhere between a Slow Onset Quarter-life Crisis and fading off into my Andre Agassi Days, featuring works by Benjamin Bellas, on view through Apr. 26, 2008.
Through poetic narratives Bellas unexpectedly relocates autobiographical moments of enmity, longing, and uncomfortable honesty in banal visual forms. By transforming everyday objects into sometimes-humorous icons of his most intimate life experiences, his work can be seen as a high-wire balancing act between intellect and emotion that manifests itself as a synthesis of the Humanities. Philosophy, art, music, language, and literature collapse time and space as they are placed into practice as concept and method simultaneously.
For this exhibition, Bellas will explore moments in our existence that shape our relationship to the modern pursuits of enlightenment, purpose, and personal meaning. At the same time, this exploration questions of how sincere emotion may be kept intact within a culture dominated by mass media and entertainment.
Bellas is a 2007 recipient of an Illinois Arts Council International project grant and has exhibited at 1a space, Hong Kong; Istanbul Exhibition Center, Turkey; Track 16, Los Angeles; Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki, Finland; Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago; Florean Museum of Contemporary Art, Romania; among many others.
For further information check our SC Institutional
Gallery listings, call the Center at 843-722-0697 or visit (www.reduxstudios.org).
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