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The Paintings of Ben Mclaughlin
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Ben McLaughlin (born 1969) paints cinematic pictures steeped in ambiguous atmosphere and emotion. His works suggest human alienation, presenting everyday subjects dislocated through cropping and unusual viewpoints. The titles themselves, drawn from newspapers, the radio, crossword puzzles and other equally unexpected sources, confront the spectator with conundrums that deepen the sense of uncertainty.In this, the first indepth study of the artist s work, James Hamilton examines the eclectic influences and complex iconography that have shaped these critically acclaimed paintings artistic and photographic influences that range from Sickert to Hopper and from Steichen to Stieglitz. Literature and film have an equally strong impact on McLaughlin s art, in particular the works of Graham Greene, T. S. Eliot, Alfred Hitchcock and Wong Karwai, as do the objets trouves of contemporary culture: the overheard conversations, halfglimpsed headlines and hotel rooms that form a backdrop to our lives. Continually drawn to the enigmatic, the understated and the detached, McLaughlin brings an alchemical wit and spontaneity to the seemingly mundane in modern life. Employing decidedly traditional techniques, and displaying an accomplished handling of paint that would have been the envy of many early nineteenthcentury artists, he creates images that both charm and unsettle.
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