Multimedia works - Ben Sloat

"Swell (New Dawn Fades)

oil and pigment on canvas

2013

Confronting issues of data manipulation, confusion, and aesthetics, a dazzle ship from WWI is painted with wave forms references pulsar waves, made notable from Joy Division's "Unknown Pleasures" album.

"Swell (Midnight Rises)"

Oil and pigment on canvas, installed on birch panel

2013

Elements from "Swell (New Dawn Fades)" were photographed and sections selected in Photoshop. Unable to achieve a clean selection of the waves, that failure became the aesthetic structure for this painting.

"Transmission"

oil and pigment on six panels

2013

An interrupted transmission from an 1980s video feed becomes the structure of this series of paintings.

"Transmission (b)"

"Transmission (c)"

"Transmission (d)"

"Transmission (a)"

"Transmission (e)"

"Transmission (f)"

A music video by Danish indie rock group, Mammut, inside my installation "Academy of Light", at NLH Space in Copenhagen.

"Chrome Piece"

Vintage bumpers

2012

Two car bumpers from 1956 are carved into ribbon shapes with the phrase "E Pluribus Unum" etched into them. Referencing the ribbon in the eagle's mouth on the dollar bill, the piece represents the exact amount of time since "In God We Trust" has replaced "E Pluribus Unum" as the country's motto.

"Apparition"

plastic bag, 2010

A found Guanyin statue is cast out of a plastic bag.

"Berlin Airport Rainbow" plastic bag, 2010

"Blue Flowers"

vinyl, adhesive, synthetic snakeskin

2010

"Nope"

An animated "Open" sign is hacked and reconfigured to spell "Nope", transforming the economic message from solicitation to exclusivity.

"Wish (Hope/nope)"

"Lucky Cloud"

Neon

2010

"Two Lucky Clouds" Neon, 2010

"Defense Mechanism"

brown bat, beetle, LED,

2008

A series of paintings of propaganda images of Deng Xiaoping, from the early 1990s, when Deng opened China to economic reforms. Commissioned from painting factories in Dafen, Deng's image becomes commodified in a scenario of his own creation.

"Deng By The Sea" (detail) oil on canvas, 2010

"Package From China", 2010

An mailer from China, plastered with Deng Xiaoping stamps, is outfitted with an internal motor, so the package appears to be breathing.

"Seductive Whiteness"

oil and pigment on canvas,

2008

A six foot tall painting of Michael Jackson from the Thriller era, surrounded by cherubs. Where they touch him on his shoulder and foot, he turns whiter.