Ben Diller
tenpennystudios@hotmail.com

Artist Statement

Biography

 

MFA Exhibit Installation, June 2002

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MFA Exhibit Installation, June 2002
"Remains" (detail)
5,000 pigmented plaster "tags"
each "tag" 3" x 6"
installation approx 16’ x 20’

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Architectural Snare (large collar), June 2002
Plaster, steel and pigment
6' x 12' x 12'

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Architectural Snare (large collar), June 2002
Plaster, steel and pigment
6' x 12' x 12'

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Pile of Twin Remains, June 2002
Plaster, ceramic, steel and pigment
12' x 5' x 5'

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Pile of Twin Remains, June 2002
Plaster, ceramic, steel and pigment
12' x 5' x 5'

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Dissected Columns w/ Cores, June 2002
wood, metal, wax, hot glue, paint, pigment, plaster, cement
various sizes

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Along Party Lines 6/01
537 throwing implements made of: plaster, wood,
ceramic, cement, cardboard, paper, plastic,
metal, foam, latex, sawdust, pigment,
graphite, screws in wall.
10’ x 10’ x 20"

 

Along Party Lines (detail)

 

Compressed Extraction, 11/01
wood, plaster, paper, pigment, graphite, cement,mylar, metal
46" x 30" x 14"

 

Compressed Extraction (detail)

 

Transparent Terror Tower, 11/01
plaster, hot glue, wax, metal, pigment, cement, wood
37" x 13" x 13"

 

Dissection/Residue, 1/02
wood, metal, wax, hot glue, paint, pigment, plaster, cement
22" x 28" x 10"

 

Large Columns Dissected, 2/02
wood, metal, wax, hot glue, paint, pigment, plaster, cement
each is 72" x 6" x 12"

 

Remains (1st version), 2/02
5,000 pigmented plaster "tags"
each "tag" 3" x 6" and 1" x 2"
installation approx 16’ x 20’

 

Remains (detail)

 

Dissected Organisms, 11/01
96 works on paper using pigment, graphite, ink,glue, paint
each is 11" x 10"
overall size is 96" x 120"

 

Dissected Organisms (detail)

 

Dissected Organisms (detail)