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Martin Benson Art

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Martin Benson is a painter, sculptor and installation artist. His work emerges from his meditation practice, which peels back the layers of identity until a place of pure clarity and awareness is uncovered. Benson constructs his shaped canvases comprised of meticulously painted color swatches in varying sequences. Benson ultimately intents to provide an art form that invites the viewer to look and experience without the need for immediate interpretation or intellectualization.

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Martin Benson, Seeing is Believing, 2021, Geometric Oil Painting
By Martin Benson
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by meditative practices and sacred geometry, Martin Benson’s paintings occupy a space between reality and the sublime. Though vibrant, the ease of Benson’s transitions from ...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Martin Benson Art

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Canvas, Oil, Panel

Martin Benson, Right Here, 2022, Geometric, Oil Painting
By Martin Benson
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by meditative practices and sacred geometry, Martin Benson’s paintings occupy a space between reality and the sublime. Though vibrant, the ease of Benson’s transitions from ...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Martin Benson Art

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Canvas, Panel, Oil

It's Time to Hatch
By Martin Benson
Located in New Orleans, LA
Through his artistic practice, Martin Benson is exploring ways to express questions about deeper levels of reality. Inspired by sacred geometry and esoteric symbolism, his paintings embody his own contemplative practices and the experiences within them. Reconciling the tension between spirituality and the hyper-materialist modern world, his pieces act as visual koans for both the artist and the viewer. Benson received his MFA from the University of New Orleans and his BA at the University of Southern California. He has exhibited at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the Contemporary Arts Center (LA), the New Orleans Museum of Art, and the Jazz and Heritage...
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2010s Abstract Martin Benson Art

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Archival Paper, Graphite

Bound by What Goes Unseen
By Martin Benson
Located in New Orleans, LA
Through his artistic practice, Martin Benson is exploring ways to express questions about deeper levels of reality. Inspired by sacred geometry and esoteric symbolism, his paintings embody his own contemplative practices and the experiences within them. Reconciling the tension between spirituality and the hyper-materialist modern world, his pieces act as visual koans for both the artist and the viewer. Benson received his MFA from the University of New Orleans and his BA at the University of Southern California. He has exhibited at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the Contemporary Arts Center (LA), the New Orleans Museum of Art, and the Jazz and Heritage...
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2010s Abstract Martin Benson Art

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Archival Paper, Graphite

It Takes Two to Tango
By Martin Benson
Located in New Orleans, LA
Through his artistic practice, Martin Benson is exploring ways to express questions about deeper levels of reality. Inspired by sacred geometry and esoteric symbolism, his paintings embody his own contemplative practices and the experiences within them. Reconciling the tension between spirituality and the hyper-materialist modern world, his pieces act as visual koans for both the artist and the viewer. Benson received his MFA from the University of New Orleans and his BA at the University of Southern California. He has exhibited at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the Contemporary Arts Center (LA), the New Orleans Museum of Art, and the Jazz and Heritage...
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2010s Abstract Martin Benson Art

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Canvas, Oil, Panel

Plant a Seed, Bare a Fruit, Bloom a Flower...Repeat
By Martin Benson
Located in New Orleans, LA
Through his artistic practice, Martin Benson is exploring ways to express questions about deeper levels of reality. Inspired by sacred geometry and esoteric symbolism, his paintings embody his own contemplative practices and the experiences within them. Reconciling the tension between spirituality and the hyper-materialist modern world, his pieces act as visual koans for both the artist and the viewer. Benson received his MFA from the University of New Orleans and his BA at the University of Southern California. He has exhibited at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the Contemporary Arts Center (LA), the New Orleans Museum of Art, and the Jazz and Heritage...
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2010s Abstract Martin Benson Art

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Canvas, Oil, Panel

Three is a Magic Number
By Martin Benson
Located in New Orleans, LA
Through his artistic practice, Martin Benson is exploring ways to express questions about deeper levels of reality. Inspired by sacred geometry and esoteric symbolism, his paintings embody his own contemplative practices and the experiences within them. Reconciling the tension between spirituality and the hyper-materialist modern world, his pieces act as visual koans for both the artist and the viewer. Benson received his MFA from the University of New Orleans and his BA at the University of Southern California. He has exhibited at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the Contemporary Arts Center (LA), the New Orleans Museum of Art, and the Jazz and Heritage...
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2010s Abstract Martin Benson Art

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Canvas, Oil, Panel

Is My Birth and Death The Same Moment?
By Martin Benson
Located in New Orleans, LA
Through his artistic practice, Martin Benson is exploring ways to express questions about deeper levels of reality. Inspired by sacred geometry and esoteric symbolism, his paintings embody his own contemplative practices and the experiences within them. Reconciling the tension between spirituality and the hyper-materialist modern world, his pieces act as visual koans for both the artist and the viewer. Benson received his MFA from the University of New Orleans and his BA at the University of Southern California. He has exhibited at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the Contemporary Arts Center (LA), the New Orleans Museum of Art, and the Jazz and Heritage...
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2010s Abstract Martin Benson Art

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Canvas, Oil, Panel

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Located in New Orleans, LA
Martin Benson is a painter, sculptor, and installation artist. His work emerges from his meditation practice, which peels back the layers of identity until a place of pure clarity an...
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Birch, Acrylic

Emptiness
By Martin Benson
Located in New Orleans, LA
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Orbs
By Martin Benson
Located in New Orleans, LA
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