Home. Most of the postcards used dated from before or shortly after the Great War of 1914 –18; some were in bright colours and others monochrome. Gilbert & George are most renowned for their large-scale artworks, collectively known as “The Pictures”. Change ). Stand 511 Ben Brown Fine Arts is proud to bring a strong selection of works to TEFAF Maastricht 2020. About the artistHank Willis Thomas (b. Upcoming fair booth featuring works by Nobuyoshi Araki, Vik Muniz, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Candida Höfer, Thomas Struth, Shirin Neshat, Hank Willis Thomas and Awol Erizku at Ben Brown Fine Arts Photo London 2020 Oct 7th – 20th Don’t Let Money Change You will bring together a new body of work from Thomas’s innovative retroreflective series, depicting serial imagery of international currencies in bold monochromes. In 2004, Ben Brown Fine Arts opened its first location in the heart of Mayfair, London. Ben Brown Fine Arts is proud to present Hank Willis Thomas’s Don’t Let Money Change You at the Hong Kong gallery. in Stedelijk Van Abbesmuseum, Eindhoven; Cunt in Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Fuck in Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg; Queer in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam and Suck in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. As these familiar faces of currency (Chinese Yuan Renminbi, Euro, South African Rand, UK Pound Sterling, and US Dollar) become activated and revealed as the latent images, viewers are reminded of these ubiquitous fictional symbols which affect larger systems of power, economics and society. Gilbert  &  George’s  early  art  centered  around  Living Sculptures  and  evolved  into  video,  drawing, and picture making, typically inserting themselves into their art. Visit my work in person! Three, 1984, is a similarly  vibrant  image  of  East  End  youths,  poignantly  and  hauntingly  depicted  in  a  classical arrangement. The juxtaposition of these universal symbols of wealth and power, one set derived from a family boardgame and the other from international governments’ currency systems, highlights the value placed on symbols in culture and the fragility of such systems. While traces of patterning are perceptible upon first inspection of these intriguing monochromes, it is only when the works are illuminated by a beam of light that the intricate details of the iconic imagery are fully revealed. This is the artist’s third solo exhibition with Ben Brown Fine Arts, following his highly acclaimed shows in London, The Beautiful Game, 2017, and Hong Kong, My Life is Ours, 2018. Ben Brown Fine Arts is thrilled to present an extraordinary group of pictures by famed British artists Gilbert & George at the London gallery, exhibited together for the first time from a prominent private collection. Sep 21 – Oct 31, 2020Ben Brown Fine Arts 202 The Factory1 Yip Fat StreetWong Chuk HangBen Brown Fine Arts is proud to present Hank Willis Thomas’s Don’t Let Money Change You at the Hong Kong gallery. So we did drinking sculptures, true to life.”, Street Meet, 1982, demonstrating the riot of colour that erupted in their pictures of the 1980s, comes from a series of images depicting young men in staged, theatrical poses, casting them as ‘living sculptures’. ( Log Out /  The East End of London – where they have been firmly rooted since 1967 and can be seen strolling the streets in their suits as they lead an ascetic lifestyle – serves as a filter and subject matter for much of their art. I attended Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles concentrating in Drawing and Sculpture. This is the artist’s third solo exhibition with Ben Brown Fine Arts, following his highly acclaimed shows in London, The Beautiful Game, 2017, and Hong Kong, My Life is Ours, 2018. Ben Brown Ben Brown Ben Brown Ben Brown . In 2004, Ben Brown Fine Arts opened its first location in the heart of Mayfair, London. 17 - 27 Jun 2020 Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hong Kong and London, is proud to present a selection of iconic works by Hong Kong-based artist Kitty Chou to be exhibited at UNSCHEDULED (Booth D07),... Read more; TEFAF Maastricht 7 - 15 Mar 2020 Stand 511 Ben Brown Fine Arts is proud to bring a strong selection of works to TEFAF Maastricht 2020. November 2020. Ben Brown Fine Arts is proud to present Hank Willis Thomas’s Don’t Let Money Change You at the Hong Kong gallery. In this series Thomas explores his fascination with repetition and mass-produced imagery, and ways that it can coalesce with the hand of the artist, similar to the investigations of 20th century masters Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg. An important tenet of Thomas’s artistic practice is to instigate pause, participation and reflection in his audience, which is successfully achieved through this engaging body of work. 29.5k Followers, 957 Following, 1,208 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Ben Brown Fine Arts (@benbrownfinearts) ( Log Out /  By combining the retroreflective material with the recognizable Warholian grid of currency notes, Thomas invites the viewer to step into the role of image maker and reflect on notions of fine art, commerce, branding, identity and value. Erfahren Sie mehr über die Ausstellung und gezeigte Kunstwerke. George explained that these portraits were meant to counter negative stereotypes, particularly  of  an  art  world  who  “couldn’t  handle  works  of  modern  art  showing  young  people  from neighbourhoods  where  they  themselves  didn’t  want  to  live,  where  they  wouldn’t  even  choose  to  go .” Gilbert professed, “When using models, we devoted all our power to making them totally beautiful.”. His work is in numerous public and private collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Brooklyn Museum, New York; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia; and the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, among others. Entdecken Sie die Ausstellung Gilbert George von Ben Brown Fine Arts. 6 Oct - 6 Nov 2020 London Ben Brown Fine Arts is thrilled to present an extraordinary group of pictures by famed British artists Gilbert & George at the London gallery, exhibited together for the first time from a prominent private collection.