BEN PEARCE MILK ON METAL
, 27 MARCH - 20 APRIL, 2019
Milk on metal suggests ancient alchemical and transformative processes. And in Ben Pearce's sculptures there is something at once otherworldly and familiar. Such dualisms, materially and metaphysically, formally and conceptually, interest him and play out in his work. His sculptures, which often have their starting point in found objects or materials, are both minimal and highly detailed, they are new and they are old, they are contemporary and dystopian. There's a sense of corrosion and hopeful repurposing. Hand-carved bronze glows but its surface is often crater like with dark inner hues. Pearce works with wood, stone, metal and found objects - slowly carving, assembling, and imbuing his materials with new ideas and life. "I like altering something over a long period of time into a work of art that lasts forever, and sits in a home and is engaged with on a daily basis, and is treasured". Pearce completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts, majoring in sculpture, at the Wanganui Quay School of Fine Arts in 2003. He has exhibited regularly with recent highlights including SCAPE Public Art 20th Anniversary Season in late 2018, a major installation for the Hastings Art Gallery - Life will go on long after money - from December 2017 - March 2018. He has been included in group shows exploring contemporary sculpture at The Suter Art Gallery and The City Gallery Wellington. Pearce is the recipient of the No. 8 Wire National Art Award (2016), the Waikato Youth Art Award (2009), and the Wallace Art Award People's Choice Award (2009). He was included in the Warwick Brown book Seen this Century, featuring 100 contemporary New Zealand artists emerging in the 21st century.
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 | Ben Pearce A study in Scarlet, 2019 Brass, 375 x 205 x160 mm |
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 | Ben Pearce For C Schultz, 2019 brass on steel shelf, 540 x 420 mm |
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 | Ben Pearce Asteroid 2, 2019 handcarved bronze, 18 x 9 x 10 mm |
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 | Ben Pearce Crescent IIII, 2019 handcarved bronze, 600 x 135 mm |
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 | Ben Pearce Rod 3, 2019 handcarved bronze, 110 x 14 x 18 mm |
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 | Ben Pearce Rod 4, 2019 handcarved bronze, 140 x 14 x 18 mm |
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 | Ben Pearce Encompass, 2019 handcarved bronze, stainless steel, 230 x 145 x 5 mm |
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 | Ben Pearce The struggles of Noah, 2019 bronze, timber and found objects, 1700 x 140 x 120 mm |
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 | Ben Pearce Flotsam, 2019 brass and timber, 375 x 180 mm |
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 | Ben Pearce Six literal consecutive 24 hour days, 2017 handcarved bronze, 145 x 230 mm |
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 | Ben Pearce Artifact, 2019 handcarved aluminium Bialetti coffee pot, 140 x 80 x 90 mm |
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 | Ben Pearce For Rover, 2019 bronze, aluminium, precious stones, 190 x 240 x 120 mm |
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 | Ben Pearce Helicoil, 2019 handcarved bronze and brass, 75 x 5 x 90 mm |
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 | Ben Pearce The smallest building in the world, 2019 handcarved bronze, aluminium, 45 x 55 x 18 mm |
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 | Ben Pearce Rod Arrangement 1, 2019 handcarved bronze, 415 x 10 x 18 mm |
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 | Ben Pearce Rod Arrangement 2, 2019 handcarved bronze, 425 x 10 x 18 mm |
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 | Ben Pearce Rod Arrangement 3, 2019 handcarved bronze, 275 x 10 x 25 mm |
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