Ben Marshal

The University of Reading : BA (Hons) Fine Art

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Artist Statement:

My work aims to question painting and challenge its physical limits. I manipulate and disturb the canvas, forcing the viewer to take a fresh look at painting. My own distinct language is evident as I confront painting and its possibilities by pushing it forwards through experiments with layers, marks and often different materials on the surface of the canvas.
Paint itself is the subject of my work and reality is left behind as I consider my paintings as gestural experimental abstractions. I want people to explore my paintings, to discover things, be surprised, intrigued and to come to their own conclusions.
The process of my work is dynamic and energetic. I choose not to work on a flat canvas, instead animate it thus the work explodes from the wall. My painting moves away from the conventions and traditions associated with the medium in an emphatic yet unorthodox way, blurring the boundaries between painting and sculpture. The paintings are alive in the sense that they leap out of the space consequently the viewer is confronted by the works, resulting in a whole new way of thinking about painting.

Ben Marshal

The University of Reading : BA (Hons) Fine Art