{"id":35339,"date":"2017-12-29T10:30:52","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T15:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=35339"},"modified":"2017-12-29T12:50:39","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T17:50:39","slug":"heather-benjamin-death-of-a-tail-dress-shop-opening-pix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2017\/12\/29\/heather-benjamin-death-of-a-tail-dress-shop-opening-pix\/","title":{"rendered":"~HEATHER BENJAMIN . . ‘DEATH OF A TAIL’ \/ DRESS SHOP \/ OPENING NIGHT PIX !!"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘DEATH OF a TAIL’ – NEW WORK BY HEATHER BENJAMIN
\nOPENED DEC 15, 2017
\nthe show runs thru JAN 12, 2018
\nDRESS SHOP<\/a>, 322 TROUTMAN ST., BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN<\/p>\n

more info: DRESS SHOP GALLERY \/ ‘DEATH OF A TAIL’ – HEATHER BENJAMIN<\/a><\/p>\n

some brief notes from the gallery website, link above for full essay:
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\n‘DEATH OF A TAIL’ . . . <\/strong>marks a departure for BENJAMIN. Having spent years with her practice firmly rooted in DIY zine & comics culture, her drawings have typically been made with the intent of mass reproduction, through photocopying & screen printing. With this body of work, Benjamin moves in a new direction, creating works whose primary motivations are not exclusively to be reproduced & reprinted as their final form, but are instead made to be viewed as singular & precious objects . . .
\nThe works range from the most minuscule of talismans to larger than life representations of the female creatures that, until now, have lived only in the pages of her books . . . <\/p>\n

HEATHER BENJAMIN . . . <\/strong> b.1989 Tarrytown New York \/ lives & works in Providence, RI \/ Rhode Island.
\nShe graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2016 with a BFA in Printmaking.<\/p>\n

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PIX – FROM THE OPENING – ‘DEATH OF A TAIL’ – NEW WORK BY HEATHER BENJAMIN:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nHEATHER BENJAMIN . . at the opening party, FRI DEC 15, 2017
\nbig crowd at DRESS SHOP, to-nite !!<\/p>\n

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\nI overheard some (other) guys !! . . .
\nsaying the explicit ‘female’ imagery was shocking . . !!
\nI hadn’t even noticed !! in the bigger picture !! <\/p>\n

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\nso I’ll take a closer look . . . digital !!
\nI think it’s pretty elegant .. calligraphic, and well, definite not . . intersex !!
\nor, is there some sense of that, intersex ?
\nit was definite not ‘porn’, here. it was just pretty much descriptive \/ decorative.
\nart as ‘bio’ – in the classic sense. Asian art history-inspired. poetic.
\ndefinite . . ‘not’ scummy. not ‘bondage’ etc. etc.
\nthough, if you look through her body of work – you begin to see a ‘spectrum’. <\/p>\n

actually, I think the ‘bold’ way in which the ‘hands’ are drawn, and how expressive they are . . and how classic Chinese \/ Japanese (?) art history alluding they are,
\nis . . more interesting, plastic \/ composition, draftsmanship, technique – wise !!<\/p>\n

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\nps: her color palette is so<\/em> right on the mark, right now.
\nesp in fashion, all those cutting edge, new age crafty \/ embellished ‘quilt’ coats & ‘patch’ sweaters are all afalling all over themselves – with that . . muted pink salmon color.
\nprob because it’s a shade . . that works well in the ‘neon’ range of widely, commercially available synthetic yarns.
\n& drawing inks, too.<\/p>\n

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\ncenter: artist EMMANUEL LIMON, founder\/director of DRESS SHOP GALLERY, with AIMEE LAROSE and SASHA SHVER.<\/p>\n

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH – FROM THE OPENING \/ DEC 15, 2017. DRESS SHOP GALLERY, BROOKLYN<\/p>\n

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\nIMAGE VIA HEATHER BENJAMIN \/ BIG CARTEL STORE<\/a><\/p>\n

YEP !!!!
\nDEFINITE CHECK OUT: <\/p>\n

HEATHER BENJAMIN – BIG CARTEL STORE !!<\/a><\/p>\n

HEATHER BENJAMIN – ARTIST PORTFOLIO WEBSITE \/ BABY-FAT.NET !!<\/a><\/p>\n

HEATHER BENJAMIN – TUMBLR PAGE !!<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nHEATHER BENJAMIN – IMAGE VIA HEATHER BENJAMIN \/ PORTFOLIO WEBSITE \/ BABY-FAT.NET<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

‘DEATH OF a TAIL’ – NEW WORK BY HEATHER BENJAMIN OPENED DEC 15, 2017 the show runs thru JAN 12, 2018 DRESS SHOP, 322 TROUTMAN ST., BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN more info: DRESS SHOP GALLERY \/ ‘DEATH OF A TAIL’ – HEATHER BENJAMIN some brief notes from the gallery website, link above for full essay: ‘DEATH OF […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35339"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35339"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35392,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35339\/revisions\/35392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}