Sculpture/Installation - EZRA BENUS

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A rug that has the words Touch Me spelled out across the top horizontal margin and Tenderly spelled out on the left margin vertically, framing an array of pyramid and triangular shapes tufted from different yarn textures and colors including a prominent pink and blue triangle overlaid on a grey and white striped triangle, a lavender skinny triangle adjacent to the word tenderly, and the background is mostly grey yarn with a dark red band atop a green rectangle on the bottom right half of the rug. This is displayed atop a white bench.

Touch Me Tenderly, 2021, Rug (acrylic, wool, cotton on poly-cotton cloth), 2’ x 4’

Image Description: A grey shower chair with silver metallic legs placed in front of a wall. Seated on it is a light blue heating pad, with a small wood board painted orange with two deep red geometric shapes. On top of it is a white headed handheld massager hanging from the ceiling, slightly caressing the surface of the wood board.

You Shall Rejoice וּשְׂמַחְתֶּ֗ם . 2019/2022 acrylic on wood board, shower chair, heating pad, Magic Wand massager.

Image Description: A white shower chair with silver metallic legs placed in front of a wall. Seated on it is a light blue heating pad, with a small wood board painted orange with two deep red geometric shapes. On top of it is a white headed handheld massager hanging from the ceiling, slightly caressing the surface of the wood board.

“You Shall Rejoice וּשְׂמַחְתֶּ֗ם” . 2019/2022 acrylic on wood board, shower chair, heating pad, Magic Wand massager.

Hold (For) Me, 2020. Digital photo, print size and material varied, acrylic print 11 x 14 in. Riso print 8.5 x 11 in. Edition of 100. All Hands On Deck/Rock On, 2019. Digital photo, print size and material varied Acrylic print 12 x 12 in., Riso print 8.5 x 11 in. Edition of 100. Me/You or Does It Become Us? 2019, Digital photo, print size and material varied. Acrylic print 11 x 14 in., Riso print 8.5 x 11 in. Edition of 100. Each of these three pictures appear small on the wide yellow wall they are hung on. The pictures show the intimacy of touch and the erotics and harm potential in moments between health care workers and their patients. Stretch/Tourniquet, 2021 glass panel from donated desk, used tourniquet from infusions, plexiglass detritus from Jeannette, orange triangle hazard construction signs from street, acrylic paint. Installation size varies (approximately 6 x 6 ft. of wall space).

Stretch/Tourniquet, 2021 glass panel from donated desk, used tourniquet from infusions, plexiglass detritus from Jeannette, orange triangle hazard construction signs from street, acrylic paint. Installation size varies (approximately 6 x 6 ft. of wall space).

Stretch/Tourniquet, 2021 glass panel from donated desk, used tourniquet from infusions, plexiglass detritus from Jeannette, orange triangle hazard construction signs from street, acrylic paint. Installation size varies (approximately 6 x 6 ft. of wall space).

Hold (For) Me, 2020. Riso print 8.5 x 11 in. Edition of 100. All Hands On Deck/Rock On, Riso print 8.5 x 11 in. Edition of 100. Me/You or Does It Become Us? , Riso print 8.5 x 11 in. Edition of 100. The pictures show the intimacy of touch and the erotics and harm potential in moments between health care workers and their patients.

hree painted wooden planks leaning and centered on a wall. The left most plank is light yellow with magenta triangles painted throughout the surface seemingly floating, falling, or crashing. The center plank is orange with deep red triangles on the surface seemingly floating, falling, and crashing. The right most plank is deep red with a white band near the top. Shadows casted from each plank make three large triangular structures

"You shall observe it as a festival throughout the ages" , each plank is 8ft x 2.5 in., acrylic on wooden planks from family Sukkah, 2019.

"Shortness of Breath". 2016/2018. mixed media.

"Bottles/Always". Plaster. 2016.

"Candy Cane/Like Father, Like Son". 2014. mixed media installation.

"New World". 2015. Installation.