Sat 9 Jan 2021 to Sat 6 Feb 2021
6830 Santa Monica Boulevard, CA 90038 Benjamin Cabral: Soliloquy For Past Futures
Tue-Sat 11am-6pm
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.
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
Rhinestones, faux pearls and beads on acrylic painted wood panel
40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Rhinestones, faux pearls and beads on acrylic painted wood panel
48 x 36 inches (121.9 x 91.4 cm)
Rhinestones, faux pearls and beads on acrylic painted wood panel
40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Rhinestones, faux pearls and beads on acrylic painted wood
38 x 20 inches (96.5 x 50.8 cm)
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)
Rhinestones, faux pearls and beads on acrylic painted wood panel
60 x 60 inches (152.4 x 152.4 cm)
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)
Rhinestones, faux pearls and beads on acrylic painted wood
29 x 15 inches (73.7 x 38.1 cm)
Rhinestones, faux pearls and beads on acrylic painted wood panel
48 x 36 inches (121.9 x 91.4 cm)
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)
Rhinestones, faux pearls and beads on epoxy coated foam
20 x 9 x 9 inches (50.8 x 22.9 x 22.9 cm)
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)
Rhinestones, faux pearls and beads on acrylic painted wood panel
48 x 36 inches (121.9 x 91.4 cm)
Rhinestones, faux pearls and beads on acrylic painted wood panel
24 x 18 inches (61 x 45.7 cm)
Rhinestones, faux pearls, resin and beads on acrylic painted wood panel
24 x 18 inches (61 x 45.7 cm)
Rhinestones, faux pearls and beads on acrylic painted wood panel
24 x 18 inches (61 x 45.7 cm)
Rhinestones, faux pearls and beads on acrylic painted wood panel
24 x 18 inches (61 x 45.7 cm)
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.