The critical potential of Ben Reeves’ work emerges from two things: his profound observations of the world around him combined with deliberate choices he makes to optimize the potentials of paint. In this exhibition, Reeves presents a focused body of work that represents his active and deep investigation into a seemingly simple subject: the ocean. Utilizing a range of invented and inherited notations for waves and water, the infinite dimensions of the ocean (visual, metaphoric, spiritual, cultural) reveal themselves as aspects to contemplate through the act of painting.
For a list of available works, please contact the gallery at info@equinoxgallery.com or 604.736.2405
Ben Reeves Morning CloakSeptember 9th - October 7th, 2023
Installation View
Ben Reeves Morning CloakSeptember 9th - October 7th, 2023
Installation View
Ben Reeves Morning CloakSeptember 9th - October 7th, 2023
Installation View
Ben Reeves Morning CloakSeptember 9th - October 7th, 2023
Installation View
Ben Reeves Morning CloakSeptember 9th - October 7th, 2023
Installation View
Ben Reeves Morning CloakSeptember 9th - October 7th, 2023
Installation View
Ben Reeves Morning CloakSeptember 9th - October 7th, 2023
Installation View
Ben Reeves Morning CloakSeptember 9th - October 7th, 2023
Ben Reeves
Snow & Sea
2023
Oil and acrylic on canvas
24" x 20"
Ben Reeves
Magritte Sea
2023
Oil and acrylic on canvas
52" x 68"
Ben Reeves
Lettura di un'onda (Reading a Wave)
2023
Oil and acrylic on canvas
60" x 78"
Ben Reeves
Sunrise-Sunset
2023
Oil and acrylic on canvas
66 1/4" x 84"
Featured Artists
Ben Reeves
Ben Reeves
Ben Reeves is known for his sumptuous use of paint in compositions that deftly explore the relationship between abstraction and depiction. His work is actively engaged with the theory of painting, raising questions about the authenticity of imagery, while remaining deceptively traditional. At first glance, many of his works appear to borrow generously from 19th-century realism, yet they are often meticulously conceptual. Reeves’ work continually asserts that the painted image is a vocabulary of brushstrokes, a culturally understood visual language. Dominated by thick daubs of oil paint, Reeves’ paintings command a physical presence with their relief-like impasto surfaces.