Laura Benson — Solo Exhibit
Through a variety of artmaking methods–such as soldering, Gelli-plate printing and paper mache–Laura Benson aims to create imagery that informs an internal mythos. This idea of an internal world (referred to as the Other Place in her practice) is saturated by ideologies surrounding the connected subconscious as well as myths that have pervaded numerous cultures for centuries. She is drawn to the stories, themes and imagery that have connected humanity and the valuable secrets held within them. Benson’s work alters traditionally divine or typically wicked notions to create a private narrative–with the desire for others to find themselves within the story of the art as well. Concepts such as mysticism and sacredness are redefined through this artmaking ritual; an act in which symbols of dirty divinity do not cower from the harrowing, the unsettling, the mystifying and instead curiously embrace it.