Nancy Boys 2005
The photographic underpinnings of these oblique self-portraits are deeply referenced to movies, art history, indulgence, and personal memory.
Description
The photographic underpinnings of these oblique self-portraits are deeply referenced to movies, art history, indulgence, and personal memory, beneath a high gloss varnish that connotes both old master painting and the gloss of a movie negative.
Gavin Andrew Benjamin is a multi-faceted artist with backgrounds encompassing commercial photography, painting, printmaking, and interior and product design. Born in Guyana and raised in Brooklyn, New York, he received his BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City and was drawn to experiment with many mediums. His current work focuses on his long-time interest in flowers, still-life, landscapes, portraits, and collage mixed with courtly painting traditions; a mash-up of sorts.