Ben Simon ''People infront of a Building'' 2018

Ben Simon ''People infront of a Building'' 2018
Oil on canvas 

15/10 cm 

signed front 

Israeli-American artist, Bachelor of Arts Visual Art/Art History, Columbia University, New York. 1999 

'My aim has been to develop a way to bring figures to life to a certain extent using tension and have them invade or enter the viewers space. The idea of coming forward from the picture plane using various methods, aggressively or suggestively is interesting to me.

The interaction between viewer and portrayed is then physical and psychological.

What these figures have to say once they greet the viewer is left open. Very evident though, is their predicament of trying to push forward and being unable truly, and their existence for the sake of being on display. They are objects in that they are not portrayals of someone who is living. They are the living thing and so try to contend with their circumstances.'