Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 5

Laura Benjamin
Off The Hook - Original - Part of Candy Wrapper Collage Series

$5,500
£4,230.97
€4,910.95
CA$7,756.31
A$8,688.38
CHF 4,563.45
MX$105,647.85
NOK 57,788.16
SEK 54,856.50
DKK 36,652.31

About the Item

Original. Part of Candy Wrapper Collage series in Pop Art style. Natural wood frame. Homage to the late great old dial telephone. About the Artist: Benjamin received her Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts from the American University in Washington D.C. and her Master’s Degree in Art Education from New York University. In addition she received an Associate’s Degree in Textile Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology and studied at The Art Student’s League, The Parson’s School of Design and The New School. Benjamin taught art for 34 years. While on sabbatical from teaching she studied textile design. For the next 15 years she continued to teach, as well as freelance as a textile designer in both home furnishings and the apparel markets. In the mid 90’s her focus turned towards computer graphics, and as an art educator, she incorporated this into her curriculum. She was awarded for a “successful practice in crossing the digital divide through art and technology” by the United States Department of Education. Her early works were oils and acrylics. During the late 60’s her interest was in pure abstraction. Pop Art and the human figure began to interest her in the early 70’s. Gradually, Benjamin was drawn to experimenting with mixed media. In the 80’s there was the influence of a career in textile design that moved her towards a more decorative style. In the 90’s, she became involved in the teaching of computer graphics. This was to have a profound influence in aiding and developing a more recent “POP” style. She began to incorporate into her paintings, torn pieces of digital printouts of her subjects. “The part of me that is the “digital artist” became very inspired by the use of the computer as a tool with which I could manipulate my subject and its color energy. The “fine artist” in me was then able to incorporate these concepts into a new image on my canvas. Having always had an interest in mixed media, my current work is now a combination of both POP and Collage. Since 2008 I have been creating a body of work dubbed “Candy Wrapper Collage”. A juried show’s theme, “gluttony”, challenged me to ultimately explore my POP figures through a new medium….candy wrappers! Razor blades are my new paintbrushes and candy wrappers are my new paints. Utilizing torn, cut and expired candy wrappers and their packaging, I render my subjects in diverse and colorful forms. I create representational images of celebrities and pop-culture objects. The wrappers are manipulated to give color, form, movement and whimsy to the subjects, creating both a carnal delight and an exciting visual effect. My work is inspired by the sensual delight of sweets. The physical wrappers serve the colors of the pieces as well as using the candy names to comment on the subject they are portraying. The result that I aim for is a nuanced iconography that is visually energizing, provocative and humorous.”
  • Creator:
    Laura Benjamin (1945, American)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU64432328071

More From This Seller

View All
Louis - Original - Part of Candy Wrapper Collage Series
By Laura Benjamin
Located in New York, NY
Original. Part of Candy Wrapper Collage series in Pop Art style. Natural wood frame. Homage to the late great Louis Armstrong. About the Artist: ...
Category

2010s Pop Art Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Michael - Original - Part of Candy Wrapper Collage Series
By Laura Benjamin
Located in New York, NY
Original. Part of Candy Wrapper Collage series in Pop Art style. Natural wood frame. Homage to the late great Michael Jackson. About the Artist: Be...
Category

2010s Pop Art Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Still Life With Sneakers - Original - Part of Candy Wrapper Collage Series
By Laura Benjamin
Located in New York, NY
Original. Part of Candy Wrapper Collage series in Pop Art style. Natural wood frame. Homage to the sneaker and its sidekick the baseball. About the Artist: Benjamin received he...
Category

2010s Pop Art Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Miss Piggy - Original - Part of Candy Wrapper Collage Series
By Laura Benjamin
Located in New York, NY
Original Piece. One of a kind. Homage to Ms. Piggy. About the Artist: Benjamin received her Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts from the American University in Washington D.C. and he...
Category

2010s Pop Art Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Bowie - Original - Part of Candy Wrapper Collage Series
By Laura Benjamin
Located in New York, NY
Original. Part of Candy Wrapper Collage series in Pop Art style. Natural wood frame. Homage to the late great Bowie. About the Artist: Benjamin rec...
Category

2010s Pop Art Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Truth & Beauty - SOLD - Commission an option
By Greg Miller
Located in New York, NY
Pepsi Cola Cap Homage with female theme. About the Artist: Drawing from the diverse cultural and geographic makeup of his Californian roots, Greg Miller explores his relationship with the space he inhabits to communicate a particular urban experience. Working with both paint and collage, he constructs and deconstructs exploring the contradiction, ambiguity, and truth between urban streetscape and history. Miller’s art is clever and cool. His abstracted backgrounds of drips, patterns, and phrases and the peeling back of layers provide a study in the impermanence of the things that surround us. His large-scale paintings and installations aim to make the most fleeting parts of American culture tangible. They grab us nostalgically, rousing us to enjoy the momentary beauty found in the impermanent parts of our lives. There is a fragile heroicness conveyed within the temporary nature of it all, especially within his construction of paper, wood, and natural materials, that gives Miller’s work liveliness and depth. Greg Miller’s work is featured in numerous museum and private collections that have traveled internationally including those organized by the Charles Saatchi Collection and the Frederick R. Weisman...
Category

2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media

You May Also Like

"1958" Contemporary Red Landline Rotary Phone inspired Pop Art by Gary John
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board

Sweet Shop Puppy - Original Colorful Pop Art Collage on Canvas
By Marion Duschletta
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss artist Marion Duschletta transforms luxury objects and urban landscapes from around the world into unique layered artworks. She combines an intriguing mixture of urban photogra...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Eternal Recurrence #48. Photo collage with intervention
By Natasha Zupan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Zupan combines images from old masters, alchemical prints, contemporary artists, and bits from magazines and newspapers to create overlapping, intersecting worlds of transparencies a...
Category

2010s Pop Art Mixed Media

Materials

Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Photographic Paper

Hit The Pop Hole - Original Pop Art Food Painting by Gary John
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene during the Art Basel Miami art fair in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

1980s Abstract Expressionist Pop Art Painting Collage, Assemblage Hugh O'Donnell
By Hugh O'Donnell
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a mixed media collage with an almost sculpture quality to it. it is hand signed. size includes frame. Hugh O'Donnell is an English painter, printmaker and site-specific art...
Category

1980s Pop Art Abstract Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Acrylic, Archival Paper

Promised Land (of Sky Blue Waters), Brightly Colored Pop Art, Mixed Media
By Steve Banks
Located in Chicago, IL
Using bold imagery and a bright color palette, Steve Banks takes pieces of popular culture to create this work entitled "Promised Land (of Sky Blue Waters)". He creates a scene with animated comic book characters and imaginative uses of commercial products, in this case by using the Hamm's Logo as the center piece. The three-dimensional quality of the piece adds to the overall aesthetic. Please contact the gallery for framing options. Steve Banks Promised Land (of Sky Blue Waters) mixed media 40h x 30w in 101.60h x 76.20w cm STB014 STEVE BANKS b. Cedar Rapids, IA, 1972 EDUCATION 1997 MFA – Florida State University 1995 BFA – Northwest Missouri State University SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2018 Pop Culture Palimpsest. Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA 2014 A More Refined Mayhem. Cortona Gallery, Ashford University, Clinton, IA Ill-Suited For The Pleasantries. Black Hawk College Artspace, Moline, IL 2013 Dutiful Citizen. Maquoketa Art Experience, Maquoketa, IA 2009 Carry-on Baggage. University of Western Illinois, Macomb, IL 2008 Funky Aftertaste. Moressey Gallery. St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA 2005 Surfacing. Next II Gallery, New Orleans, LA Process, Perception and Clandestine Skivvies. Bucktown Ctr for the Arts, Davenport, IA 2004 Last Gasp. Midcoast Art Under Glass at The Parker Building, Davenport, IA 2003 B.M.O.C. and Nitzles. Peanut Gallery, Rock Island, IL 2002 Walls and the Mask. Peanut Gallery, Rock Island, IL 1997 The Faces of Masks: Color Photographic Studies. Tallahassee Airport Gallery, Tallahassee, FL 1996 Masks. Oglesby Gallery, Tallahassee, FL GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2018 Liberation, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Dr. Portmanteau's Galorium Emporium. Black Hawk College ArtSpace Gallery, Moline, IL Faculty Art Show. Catich Gallery, Saint Ambrose...
Category

2010s Pop Art Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media