Fletcher Benton, Folded Square Alphabet F (ed 3 of 3), 2006, painted steel
View Similar Items
1 of 5
Fletcher BentonFletcher Benton, Folded Square Alphabet F (ed 3 of 3), 2006, painted steel2006
2006
About the Item
- Creator:Fletcher Benton (1931, American)
- Creation Year:2006
- Dimensions:Height: 12 in (30.48 cm)Width: 12 in (30.48 cm)Depth: 12 in (30.48 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Chicago, IL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU112823943742
Fletcher Benton
Born in Jackson, Ohio, in 1931, Fletcher Benton showed an early talent for art. From early childhood, Benton’s mother allowed him to use the family’s basement as an art studio and enrolled him in a local painting course. Benton also undertook an apprenticeship with a sign painter, after which he opened his own sign painting business at the age of fourteen. Though he would later explore different avenues of artistic expression, lettering and sign painting remained a near-constant presence in his artistic practice for the rest of his life. Following a brief stint in the US Navy, Benton enrolled at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, with the intent of pursuing its pre-med program. His interests quickly returned to painting, however, and he completed his degree in fine art in 1956. After graduating Benton relocated to San Francisco, California, where he immersed himself in the city’s vibrant artistic community. In 1961, at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Benton had his first major solo show, a measure of his rising status as an artist. In 1964, however, a promised show at Gump’s Gallery was abruptly cancelled. This rejection sparked a radical transformation in the artist’s practice, and he began exploring Hard-Edge abstraction with a constructivist bent. Drawing on his knowledge of lettering, Benton debuted a series of kinetic works in a solo show in Los Angeles the next year. The kinetic and abstract elements of his new work led to increased interest from audiences, curators, and critics, and between 1965 and 1967 he participated in numerous high-profile exhibitions nationwide. While he continued to exhibit, in 1967 Benton began teaching at California State University, San Jose, where he taught until retiring in 1986. In 2003 he received his first of many major public commissions: Steel Watercolor TriangleRing, a 66- foot-high red-painted steel sculpture installed at the Barbarossaplatz interchange train station in Cologne, Germany. Benton continued his work up until his death in 2019 at the age of eighty-eight. Benton’s contributions to kinetic art and sculpture were recognized in his lifetime through numerous awards, honors, and public commissions. His works are also included in the collections of such prestigious institutions as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, among others.
You May Also Like
- ALERO - Abstract Metal SculptureBy ENNAIALocated in Weslaco, TXFrom the artifacts of Leonardo Da Vinci, the mythical Icarus, and the innumerable inventions of NASA, the human being does not stop manifesting one of our deepest desires: to fly. Pe...Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsSteel, Stainless Steel
- ERO - Metal Arrow Wall Art SculptureBy ENNAIALocated in Weslaco, TXThe arrow has a great symbolic meaning, related to elements of different natures such as protection, love, hunt, and orientation. "Ero" refers to this as an evolution symbol and the ...Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsSteel, Stainless Steel
- ANISA - Modern Square Metal Wall Art SculptureBy ENNAIALocated in Weslaco, TXAnisa, made up of mosaic-like structures, demonstrates how the repetition of the same element can cause it to be perceived very differently, depending on the angle from which it is v...Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Sculptures
MaterialsStainless Steel, Steel
- MALIK - Vertical Contemporary Metal Wall Art SculptureBy ENNAIALocated in Weslaco, TXThis piece is meant to be seen; with its pyramidal structures that rise in different directions, MALIK refers us to the dunes and the greatness that they transmit to us when we conte...Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsSteel, Stainless Steel
- WHORLBy Lyle LondonLocated in Tempe, AZThis gorgeous solid Baltic Birch plywood sculpture suggests a complex vortex of energy. Contours are created using 60 individually cut plywood plates which show the contrasting edge grain...Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsSteel
$8,000 - Upwell Study #2By Matt DevineLocated in San Diego, CASmall studio study made of steel with black powder coat paint About the artist: Matt Devine is a self-taught sculptor working with steel, stainless steel, aluminum and bronze. Born ...Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
MaterialsSteel