house and home
Ben Grasso
Whatever Was Left of It, 2007
Oil on Canvas,
108" x 72"
Heads up! Supernatural is closing this weekend. The exhibition at Thierry Goldberg Projects features works by Martin Basher, Jane Benson and Ben Grasso. I am particularly struck by Grasso's explosive works. His oil paintings seem allegorical to what is going on in today's real estate market. Their vivid style also carries a windblown, Wizard of Oz quality—a tornado trope standing in for global warming?
Writes Goldberg:
The reality of the house, composed alongside its state of distress, provides an uncanny dialogue between conscious and subconscious appearance. It is the maintenance of façade that perpetuates suburban dreams, the modern American embodiment of hope and security, which Grasso repeatedly disrupts.
There is no place, no place like home.
Ben Grasso
Untitled (House), 2006
Oil on Canvas,
70" x 50"
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