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Benjamin Cabral: Soliloquy For Past Futures

Steve Turner, Los Angeles

Artist: Benjamin Cabral

Steve Turner presents Soliloquy For Past Futures, a solo exhibition by Chicago-based Benjamin Cabral that consists of a room installation reminiscent of a youth theater in which his paintings and sculpture exist as background, actor and audience.


Artworks

Benjamin Cabral, Greeter (Alone), 2021

Rhinestones and beads on acrylic painted wood

47 x 19 1/2 inches (119.4 x 49.5 cm)

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Benjamin Cabral, Greeter (With Friend), 2021

Rhinestones and beads on acrylic painted wood

45 x 26 inches (114.3 x 66 cm)

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Benjamin Cabral, Angel (Memories), 2021

Rhinestones and faux pearls on acrylic painted wood

Dimensions variable, each work ranges from 14 1/2–18 1/2 inches in height and 8–12 inches in width

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Benjamin Cabral, Self-Portrait (Looking at Myself, Loving Myself, Hating Myself), 2020

Rhinestones, faux pearls and beads on acrylic painted wood panel

40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 76.2 cm)

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Benjamin Cabral, Three Self Portraits (Dance Break), 2020

Rhinestones, faux pearls and beads on acrylic painted wood panel

48 x 36 inches (121.9 x 91.4 cm)

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Benjamin Cabral, Benjamin Performing as Liza, 2020

Rhinestones, faux pearls and beads on acrylic painted wood panel

40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 76.2 cm)

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Benjamin Cabral, Performer (Cat Dancer), 2021

Rhinestones, faux pearls and beads on acrylic painted wood

38 x 20 inches (96.5 x 50.8 cm)

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Benjamin Cabral, Guardian (Flowers), 2020

Rhinestones and epoxy on chrome stanchions with velvet rope

Dimensions variable, each stanchion is 40 x 13 x 13 inches (101.6 x 33 x 33 cm)

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Benjamin Cabral, Eight Self Portraits (Midnight Street Lamps), 2020

Rhinestones, faux pearls and beads on acrylic painted wood panel

60 x 60 inches (152.4 x 152.4 cm)

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Benjamin Cabral, Self-Portrait (Performing as Audience), 2020

Rhinestones, faux pearls, beads, plastic, paper clay and acrylic on plastic human form

55 x 41 x 23 inches (139.7 x 104.1 x 58.4 cm)

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Benjamin Cabral, A Ceremonial Gift, 2021

Rhinestones, faux pearls and beads on acrylic painted wood

29 x 15 inches (73.7 x 38.1 cm)

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Benjamin Cabral, Me And A Puppet (An Optimistic Friend), 2020

Rhinestones, faux pearls and beads on acrylic painted wood panel

48 x 36 inches (121.9 x 91.4 cm)

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Benjamin Cabral, Practical Friend, 2020

Rhinestones, metal candelabrum, faux pearls and beads on epoxy coated foam

25 x 9 x 10 inches (63.5 x 22.9 x 25.4 cm)

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Benjamin Cabral, Hopeful Friend, 2020

Rhinestones, faux pearls and beads on epoxy coated foam

20 x 9 x 9 inches (50.8 x 22.9 x 22.9 cm)

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Benjamin Cabral, Me as the Faun, 2020

Rhinestones, faux pearls, mirrors and beads on epoxy coated foam

22 1/2 x 9 x 10 inches (57.2 x 22.9 x 25.4 cm)

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Benjamin Cabral, New Friends (Never Spring), 2020

Rhinestones, faux pearls and beads on acrylic painted wood panel

48 x 36 inches (121.9 x 91.4 cm)

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Benjamin Cabral, Self-Portrait Performing As Judy, 2020

Rhinestones, faux pearls and beads on acrylic painted wood panel

24 x 18 inches (61 x 45.7 cm)

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Benjamin Cabral, A Eulogy For the Past, Present (Hopefully Not Future), 2020

Rhinestones, faux pearls, resin and beads on acrylic painted wood panel

24 x 18 inches (61 x 45.7 cm)

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Benjamin Cabral, Trying Not To Laugh (Trying Not To Cry), 2020

Rhinestones, faux pearls and beads on acrylic painted wood panel

24 x 18 inches (61 x 45.7 cm)

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Benjamin Cabral, We Have No Troubles Here, 2020

Rhinestones, faux pearls and beads on acrylic painted wood panel

24 x 18 inches (61 x 45.7 cm)

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Benjamin Cabral, A Possible Memory?, 2020

Rhinestones, faux pearls and beads on acrylic painted wood panel

30 x 30 inches (76.2 x 76.2 cm)

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The installation is an extravaganza of color and materials: blue velvet walls, plush purple carpet, a row of theater chairs painted lavender with pink upholstery, brightly colored paintings and sculptures with undulating surfaces of glass beads, rhinestones, mirrors and faux pearls. Central in the works is a youthful, red-haired boy who is either performing, playing, ruminating or remembering. His expression is neither frown nor smile, but has something of both. According to Cabral, he is that boy, constructed from memory and invention. The works are obsessively and meticulously crafted, flamboyant and dazzling with Cabral as Liza, Bette, Judy and a character from Cats. The narrative in any given work is ambiguous, but as a whole, the installation conveys a darkness just below glitz where nostalgia and trauma intersect.

Cabral (born 1993, San Diego) earned a BA at Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego (2016) and an MFA at the Art Institute of Chicago (2019). He has had solo exhibitions with Lauren Powell at SPRING/BREAK, Los Angeles and SPRING/BREAK, New York (2020). This is his first exhibition with Steve Turner.

Courtesy of the artist and Steve Turner, Los Angeles

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