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Space, Pink Painting

Ben Junta

United States

Painting, Acrylic on Paper

Size: 17.5 W x 12 H x 0.1 D in

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My works are explorations of how we, as a culture, tend to use stereotypes that are far too narrow to define the roles and lives of men in most cultures, but especially in America. The "pretty", "pleasing" colors are intentionally used to juxtapose against the misc other imagery that is either drawn or collaged onto the work. I hope to give the viewer both a piece of art that is beautiful in its' completion, but too, upon closer view, allows for a narrative dialogue to perhaps begin as to how the culture uses stereotypes that are too narrow for men, and ultimately disallow men to feel safe or comfortable in expressing the wide range of feelings and emotions that most all humans are born with.

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Acrylic on Paper

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17.5 W x 12 H x 0.1 D in

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I work with a variety of media - oils and acrylics, spray paint, stencils, collage, found objects, tree bark, clothing, street detritus, photographs, digital media, and written words. A graduate of Occidental College, my art studies began with Squeak Carnwath at the University of California, Davis. My early efforts were landscapes largely influenced by Mark Rothko and Richard Diebenkorn, and then by studying with the noted American painters Wolf Kahn (in the Hans Hoffman tradition of "push-pull"), Bernard Chaet, and the teachings of Charles Hawthorne as studied at the Cape Cod School of Art in Provinctown, MA. I also gained a bit of the "art mentality/life as an artist" while studying with the British painter John Walker. He was just cool to talk to. My work is all about an exploration of gender stereotyping within the culture, and specifically how this affects men. I myself played collegiate football, and yet also found art while in college. This was a very weird mixing of two quite different worlds. I am hoping to explore how men tend to be very narrowly and stereo typically defined, and how this affects not just one man, but the whole culture. I have exhibited on the East Coast, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Los Angeles, CA, Santa Barbara, CA, as well as at Stanford University and other locations in Northern California. I paint, live, and surf in Los Angeles, CA.

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