{"id":419,"date":"2017-11-06T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/?p=419"},"modified":"2017-12-19T03:48:24","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T03:48:24","slug":"ben-schwab-getting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/2017\/11\/06\/ben-schwab-getting\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Schwab – “Getting Here From There”"},"content":{"rendered":"

11\/9\/17 Artist Talk – Ben Schwab<\/a><\/h3>\n
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\nEverything Is Different, But Still The Same, <\/em>Oil on canvas, 88 x 138 inches, 2017<\/h6>\n

Getting Here From There<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New York artist Ben Schwab grapples with the theme of \u201cgetting here from there\u201d in his collection of cityscape paintings. In this gallery, viewers witness how Schwab\u2019s work questions what he calls our \u201cnatural tendencies\u201d as he tries to \u201cmake the unobservable, or unseen, more visible.\u201d At first glance, each image appears to be bordering abstraction.\u00a0 However, the negative space alongside minimal use of color compels the viewer to take a closer look at the details that reveal deteriorating cites such as Damascus and Aleppo.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Getting Here From There <\/em>is inspired by Schwab\u2019s interest in video footage collected by drones. Schwab\u2019s \u201chonest sense of curiosity,\u201d as he calls it, motivates him to incorporate images of decaying cities into large scale paintings. In his artistic process, Schwab manipulates and layers multiple screenshots through Photoshop to create one image. Further, the spaces that Schwab works with might appear to be equally familiar as they are unfamiliar to some viewers. Rather than presenting a single perspective in his paintings, Schwab forces viewers to step out of their comfort zones and look at spaces they most likely haven\u2019t seen before. As a result, the nature of \u201cgetting here from there\u201d ultimately encourages viewers to strengthen their ability to connect with a place when presented with an image depicting an unfamiliar space.<\/p>\n

~ Kelly Smith \u201819
\nGallery Exhibition Research Assistant<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"Transposition Of Immensity, <\/em>Oil on canvas, 84 x 76 inches, 2016<\/h6>\n

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