Balice Hertling is hosting Will Benedict’s exhibition titled “New Video and Painting” at its Paris venue.Will Benedict’s exhibition is the second solo show at the gallery. The artist presents a series of three-dimensional abstract paintings, five prints on PVC that Benedict first installed in a park at the 2015 Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts, two collage paintings, one of which is Spanish and a rotating head in a microwave. Over the years, has made videos which feature music by the noise band Wolf Eyes. These pieces depict vertiginous digital worlds populated by aliens on talk shows, gluttonous beds, and talking dolphins. With a near religious commitment to television, he subverts the conventions of popular infotainment genres such as music videos, YouTube tutorials, cooking shows, advertising, and talk shows. The artist makes the audience what it’s like to live in an infinitely malleable realm, in other words, this is the present.Will Benedict (born 1978, Los Angeles) lives and works in Paris. He has presented solo exhibitions at institutions such as the Fondazione Giuliani, Rome (2017), the Bergen Kunsthall, Norway (2014), and the Halle für Kunst Lüneburg, Germany (2013-14). His work is currently on view at the de Young Museum, San Francisco and at Converso, Milan. His work has recently been included in shows at the Museum für Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt (2017), the 9th Berlin Biennial (2016), and the 10th Nicaragua Biennial (2016). Monographs of Benedict’s work have been published by Mousse Publishing and Bergen Kunsthall.The exhibition is on view through April 28, 2018, at Balice Hertling, 239 rue Saint-Martin 75003 Paris France.For details, visit: http://www.blouinartinfo.com/galleryguide/galerie-balice-hertling/overviewClick on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition.
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