Ben, an artist who loves problem solving, started this show conceptually and literally, with a bouquet. In the end, what remained on the canvas was the raw materials that birthed the entire landscape. Flowers, and beyond. An exercise in letting things be, as they/we are.
Anyone who knows Ben Wiemeyer can attest to his love of people, an environment that grew him up encouraging exploration and problem-solving. His father, a builder and contractor, mother, an interior designer, and grandmother, a painter. The brush doesn't fall far from the tree.
Luckily, the artist's elements, like us, may seem to resist blending smoothly, unless the conditions are right. Sometimes for the materials, the colors, the maker and the participants, just being, is enough. The walnut and sumi(ash) ink, and white acrylic will collide softly with the sounds of our good friend and musician Matt of Francis Morning. For one night, together, we are all gonna be more than enough. This show invites us to be with each other, to be with the space around, below and above us. But maybe most importantly, to let it all go, and see what it might be like to just- exist.
TO BE HERE AND PRESENT AS AN ACT OF REBELLION IN A WORLD TELLING US TO DO OTHERWISE.
Benjamin holds a degree in Intermedia Sculpture from the University of Utah, a background that continues to inform his multidisciplinary approach to art. He has been involved with the Graffiti subculture for 30 years, and has great respect for his family, and friends that thrive in that arcane arena.
Consider yourself cordially invited to come be with us.
Friday, december 19 6:00PM-9:00PM | 645 E SOUTH TEMPLE
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