Paul Benney and Benney Studios are happy to announce the installation of a the new sound component that now accompanies ‘Speaking in Tongues’ in Chichester Cathedral.
A short clip of the ‘Sound Wash’ that accompanies the work can he heard below:
Paul Benney will be showing work at the Collyer Bristow Gallery this Summer in Face Value at the Collyer Bristow Gallery.
Face Value, is curated by Kathleen Soriano and sees her undertake a consideration of contemporary portraiture through the work of 27 emerging and established artists, covering a broad range of media from porcelain to thread, from oils to ink, from etching to photography. Kathleen Soriano spent 18 years of her career as Director of Exhibitions & Collections at the National Portrait Gallery, running the BP Portrait Award for the majority of that time, and is now one of the judges on SkyArts’ successful SkyArts Portrait Artist of the Year series.
Over forty works of art will be presented in an exhibition that celebrates those artists who continue to make portraiture central to their work but who also continue to push the boundaries of the genre. Artists include Royal Academicians Eileen Cooper, Stephen Chambers and Anthony Green, as well as BP Portrait Award finalists such as Tai Shan Schierenberg, Paul Benney, Ishbel Myerscough and Andrew Tift, plus celebrated contemporary artists like Chris Levine, Annie Kevans, Liz Rideal, Sam Faulkner, Mariele Neudecker, Bouke de Vries and a number of finalists from SkyArts Portrait Artist of the Year. The exhibition opens on 16 June 2016 and will be on show until 4 October 2016.
Curated by Jason Colcin-Carter and Becca Pelly, ‘In The End We Are All Alone’ brings together a number of artists that will explore the nature of humanity and the eternal search of meaning in our daily lives.
The show is being held at the Griffin Galley and runs from 17 March – 22 April 2016.
“Like musical prodigies, these artists have been chosen for their capacity to reinterpret traditional mediums and techniques in unexpected ways: Paul Benney, Bartholomew Beal, Jimin Chea, Guillemette Monchy, Dorte Kloppenborg Scrummager and Guy Hadden Grant. An international collective that screams zeitgeist, brought together by a visionary art agency with Colchin-Carter at the helm who, like Simco (Stefan Simchowitz) in the US, is changing the status quo and giving collectors access to some of the brightest rising stars of this generation.“I see the resurgence of traditional skills like drawing, painting and sculpting as a reaction to the YBA’s turning 50. They are now BA’s and still very relevant, but artists like Beal or Jimin seem to really strike a chord with collectors looking for something new, where the hand of the artist is really palpable,” says Colchin-Carter.
It is a welcome tonic to the mechanical and deliberately impersonal Postmodernism that dominated the turn of the century in contemporary galleries and museums.”
‘SPEAKING IN TONGUES’ is currently on view in CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL’s North Transept until Wednesday May 18th, 2016. For information on attending a private reception onApril 1st 2016 please contact the studio directly. [ info@benneystudios.com ].
CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL
Chichester
PO19 1PX
MARCH 11- MAY 18, 2016.
Open Daily with Free Entry
PAUL BENNEY’s ‘Crucifixion’ work is now on view at Marylebone Parish Church and will be on view until May 12th, 2016.
MARYLEBONE PARISH CHURCH
17 Marylebone Rd,
London NW1 5LT
FEBRUARY 8 – MAY 16, 2016.
Open Daily with Free Entry
This Joint show will feature new silver giclee prints from Paul Benney in collaboration with Jamie Foale [Foale & Sons].
All works are editions of 25.
You can place your order with the studio directly
The work of
BILL JACKSON
JENNIE AND CALLY CALLOMON
CATHERINE LYNDSAY DAVIES
and JO LOWRY
will also be on view.
Parts of the AutoAsphyxiation series were recently on view at ‘The Friends of The Sands Point Reserve’ charity function hosted by Iris Apfel to help save the Historical Hempstead House.
We hope the function was a great success.
The Dorian Grey Gallery was happy to host tea for Patrick Macdonald
amidst the works for Paul Benney and Louis Renzoni.
More coverage of the event can be found
Thank you to all who attended the opening of the ‘Behind the Silence’, a joint show with Simon Edmondson at the Serena Morton Gallery.
Please contact the gallery or the studio for a list of available works.
Thank you to all who came to the opening of ‘Ecliptic’ at the Dorian Grey Gallery.
The AutoAsphyxiation and Dark Mirror series were are great success.
Both series are available through the Dorian Grey Gallery and the studio.
Please contact doriangreygallery@gmail.com
or nick@benneystudios.com for a list of available works.
‘Ecliptic’
New York, USA.
Opening: Thursday, October 8, 2015. 6 – 9 PM
Show Runs October 8 – November 15
Dorian Grey Gallery
437 E9th St, New York.
RSVP: doriangreygallery@gmail.
‘Behind the Silence’
London, UK.
Opening Wednesday, November 4, 2015. 6 – 8 PM.
Show Runs : November 4 – November 27
Serena Morton Gallery
343 Ladbroke Grove
London W10 6HA
RSVP: nick@benneystudios.com
Paul Benney joins, Fair & Co and Seth Stein Architects to merge art and architecture in a rotating art space curated by Philly Adams and Flora Fairbairn. Paul Benney’s ‘Crucifixion’ is one of the works to be featured in this exciting new exhibition.
The Show will be open Wednesday – Saturday 12-6PM from 22 July 2015 – 19 September 2015 and take place at 9 Hillgate Street, London W8 7SP.
Please contact the studio if you would like to attend the private viewing or arrange a visit.
Crucifixion, 2015. 66 x 71 in. Oil on Canvas.
Continuing the collaboration between Paul Benney and Nitin Sawhney, Paul’s portrait of Nitin will be the cover of ‘Dystopian Dream’, the forthcoming album due out later this year.
More information about the release can be found below as well as Paul and Nitin’s musical collaboration.
Dystopian Dream
Modern Times – A Paul Benney and Nitin Sawhney Musical Collaboration.
2013. 91.5 x 61 cm. Oil on Canvas. Private Collection.
Paul Benney is delighted to have participated in judging this years Koestler Trust Awards. The awards recognise distinguished artwork from several different genres submitted by inmates from HM prisons throughout the United Kingdom.
The selected work will be on exhibition at the Southbank Centre in October of this year
This years judges included Gavin Graham, Linda Heathcote Amory, Carol Wates, Chris Ingram and have included Grayson Perry, Sara Lucas in the past.
More information can be found at the links below.
Koestler Trust Awards
PostsKoestler Trust Judges
Paul Benney will be travelling to New York and showing at Dorian Grey Gallery in October, 2015 with fellow artist Louis Renzoni. Their work will focus on the theme of ‘Illumination’ and will mark his return to New York City after a long hiatus. Please contact the studio for more information or to arrange a viewing.
More information about the Dorian Grey Gallery and Louis Renzoni can be found below:
Dorian Grey Gallery
Louis Renzoni
Paul Benney and Simon Edmondson will be collaborating for an upcoming show at the Serena Morton Gallery in Notting Hill. Both artists will be showing new work that can be seen as oblique homages to the films and writings of Andrey Tarkovsky. The exhibition is scheduled to open on November 4, 2015 and will continue for the month. Please contact the studio if you would like more details or to be considered for a private viewing.
More information about Simon Edmondson and Serena Morton can be found below:
Serena Morton
Simon Edmondson
Paul Benney is proud to have contributed to the exhibition ‘Last of the Tide’, a collection of 12 portraits of selected D-Day veterans by 12 different portraits. Benney’s portrait of former captain of the 1st Battalion and Anti-Tank Commander Brian Stewart is one of the twelve portraits commissioned by HRH The Prince of Wales to pay tribute to some of the extraordinary men that played a role in the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944. All twelve of the veterans chosen for the commissions served in regiments with which The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall have a formal affiliation. Thank you to the Royal Collection Trust and the generous patrons for their vision and commitment in celebrating these distinguished veterans.
The Portraits comprising the ‘Last of the Tide’ exhibition at the Queen’s Gallery will remain in situ until the beginning of November. [Please note that the room in which the portraits are displayed may be closed on certain days. ] In January 2016 the exhibition will travel to the Palace of Holyroodhouse, where the portraits will on display until April, 2016.
More details can be found at the links below:
Last of the Tide : Portraits of the D-Day Veterans
The Guardian Review
Holyroodhouse
The 2014 BP Portrait Award exhibition including Paul Benney’s portrait of Fergus Henderson travels to the Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens, The Scottish National Portrait Gallery and The Aberystwyth Arts Centre. The show is now closed.
More information about these venus can be found below
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens
The Scottish National Portrait Gallery
The Aberystwyth Arts Centre
