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Benjamin Butler “Selected Trees”
Shibuya Hikarie 8/ Art gallery
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Benjamin Butler
Butler is well known for his paintings of landscapes and trees that exist on the boundary between representation and abstraction. Simplified forms, contrasting colors, and varying marks and brushstrokes evoke the early work of Piet Mondrian, and the American Abstraction of Frank Stella and Barnett Newman. At the same time, however, Butler’s works have a depth which allows us to transcend such art historical categorizations of definition and genre, and also to consider them in a contemporary context. Although his paintings use motifs found in nature, the favored subject of many artists, Butler is equally, or more, inspired by the language of abstract painting. Through recycling this language, he repeatedly reinvents his subject matters with new and surprising results.
[Image: Benjamin Butler “Untitled” (2010)]
[Image: Benjamin Butler “Untitled” (2010)]
Schedule | Jan 29 (Wed) 2014-Feb 17 (Mon) 2014 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||
| Website | http://www.hikarie8.com/artgallery/2013/11/BenjaminButler.shtml | ||
| Venue | Shibuya Hikarie 8/ Art gallery http://www.hikarie.jp/8/en/ | ||
| Location | 8F Shibuya Hikarie, 2-21-1 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0002 | ||
| Access | Direct walk from exit B5 at Shibuya Station on the Fukutoshin and Hanzomon lines or Tokyu Den-en-toshi line, Direct walk from the 2nd floor passageway of Shibuya Station on the JR or Keio line. | ||
| Phone | 03-6434-1493 | ||
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