Ben Cope: Blanc
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CKG / Christine Klassen Gallery and Framing 321 50 Avenue SE, Calgary, Alberta T2G 2B3
Ben Cope, "Untitled: Movement 1," 2019
photo on deconstructed paper/panel with oils and paint pigments, 24" x 24".
Reception: Saturday February 8, 1-4 pm & Artist Talks at 2 pm
Ben Cope: BLANC
Where his day job as a celebrity and fashion photographer is all about identity, Ben Cope’s studio explorations strip all that away and focus on the simplistic beauty of the human form. Working out of his downtown studio, Cope takes a sculptural, hands on approach, transforming the traditionally slick photographic surface into rough, raw, and distressed one-of-a-kind artworks that express universal aspects of the human condition. With his latest series BLANC, Cope layers oil paints and pigments onto his deconstructed imagery to such a degree that his subject almost disappears.
Ben Cope is a Los Angeles based portrait artist with a BFA in ceramic sculpture and photography from Columbus State University. He is known for his celebrity and fashion portraiture which has been published internationally in various publications from Harper’s Bazaar to l’Officiel.
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