select works 2014-2020 - EZRA BENUS

seven canvases are hung immediately next to each other, forming one large string of paintings. they all have a variety of triangles painted on them, and from left to right, are: pink, blue, orange, yellow, sage green, maroon, and grey.

SUN / MOON שמש / לבנה 2020, acrylic on canvas, seven canvases, each 18x24 inches

Image description: Installation view of my painting (Medication 6) Body Without Organs, Intensities Such as Pain, a 6 by 4 foot painting with a deep red background layered with geometric shapes in blue, green, orange, pink, that are floating, rising, falling, and crashing on the canvas. On the ground in front of the painting is a wooden container holding about 10 different sized wooden triangles painted in the colors of my painting, to be used as touch objects extending from my painting.

"(Medication 6) Body Without Organs: Intensities Such As Pain", 2018, acrylic on canvas, 72 in. x 48 in.

Image description: my painting (Medication 6) Body Without Organs, Intensities Such as Pain, a 6 by 4 foot painting with a deep red background layered with geometric shapes in blue, green, orange, pink, that are floating, rising, falling, and crashing on the canvas.

Installation shot in "Means of Egress" at Dedalus Foundation, "(Medication 6) Body Without Organs: Intensities Such As Pain"

two squares formed as one rectangle; left one in green with yellow line and triangle floating next to a yellow square

"(Medication 5) FOMO/JOMO: Fear Of Missing Out/Joy Of Missing Out", 2018, acrylic on wood, 16 in. x 8 in.

"Medication 4", "Medication 3", "Medication 2". 2018. 24x18 in., 18x24 in., 18x24 in. Acrylic on Canvas.

"Medication 4". 2018. 24x18 in. Acrylic on Canvas.

"Medication 3". 2018. 18x24 in. Acrylic on Canvas.

"Medication 2". 2018. 18x24 in. Acrylic on Canvas.

"Medication". 2015. 18x36 in. Acrylic on Canvas.

Three canvases, a triptych of related color stories. The left one uses a green background mixed with black, layered with magenta streaks all over the surface, and two vertical strips of color bracing the painting. The left vertical strip is purple, the right vertical strip is cobalt blue. The middle painting is a tinted green mixed with white, and red intertwined in brush strokes all over the surface. The painting on the right is the same green mixed with grey and has delineations of darker brushstrokes against the lighter wash of the background.

Disease, Health, Remission (or so they say), acrylic on canvas, three 60x60 in. paintings, 2014/2020

"Lily". 2014. Acrylic & Oil Pastel on Paper.

"Max". 2014. acrylic on canvas. 5'4 ft. x 8'8 ft.