Benjamin Edwards (artist)
{{Short description|American visual artist and writer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Other people|Benjamin Edwards|Benjamin Edwards (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Benjamin Edwards
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1970}}
| birth_place = Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.
| education = University of California, Los Angeles (BA)
San Francisco Art Institute
Rhode Island School of Design (MFA)
| spouse = {{marriage|Neera Tanden|1999}}
| children = 2
}}
Benjamin Edwards (born 1970) is an American visual artist known for his work with satellite maps, architectural blueprints, and computer models as source material. He is the husband of political consultant and government official Neera Tanden.
Early life and education
Benjamin Edwards was born in Iowa City, Iowa.{{cite book |last1=Edwards |first1=Benjamin |last2=Gallery |first2=Artemis Greenberg Van Doren |title=Benjamin Edwards: Convergence : September 7-October 6, 2001 |year=2001 |publisher=Artemis Greenberg Van Doren Gallery |isbn=9780967757384 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PStQAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Benjamin+Edwards%22+New+York,++Magazine |language=en}} He earned a bachelor's degree from University of California, Los Angeles and studied toward a master's in painting at the San Francisco Art Institute before earning a Master of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design.{{cite web|url=http://www.ipcny.org/node/1045|title=Benjamin Edwards|date=2012|publisher=International Print Center New York|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130219074118/http://www.ipcny.org/node/1045|archive-date=2013-02-19|accessdate=2016-10-31}}
Career
Edwards is known for his paintings that employ appropriated imagery such as satellite maps, architectural blueprints or computer models as source material.{{cite web |last1=Biersdorfer |first1=J. d |title=ART: CLOSE READING; The Shining City on the Hill, Version 2.0 (Published 2004) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/28/arts/art-close-reading-the-shining-city-on-the-hill-version-20.html |website=The New York Times |date=28 November 2004}}{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Ken |title=The Listings; BENJAMIN EDWARDS (Published 2004) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/19/arts/movies/the-listings-benjamin-edwards.html |website=The New York Times |date=19 November 2004}}{{cite web |last1=Saltz |first1=Jerry |title=All at Once {{!}} The Village Voice |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2001/10/02/all-at-once/ |website=www.villagevoice.com|date=2 October 2001 }} His 2004 painting Immersion, for example, used cartography to explore the impact of the highway system on the development of the American suburbs.{{cite book |last1=Cartwright |first1=William |last2=Gartner |first2=Georg |last3=Lehn |first3=Antje |title=Cartography and Art |date=26 February 2009 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-3-540-68569-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RU-FUO4r8JwC&q=%22Benjamin+Edwards%22+paintings&pg=PA16 |language=en}} His 1998 work Starbucks: Seattle: Compression compressed all of the Starbucks stores in Seattle into one image.{{cite book |title=PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art |year=1999 |publisher=PAJ Publications |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DoMLAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Benjamin+Edwards%22+starbucks |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Rohatyn |first1=Jeanne Greenberg |last2=Belgium) |first2=Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (Ghent |title=CA01 |year=2001 |publisher=Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst |isbn=978-90-805595-5-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GeZPAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Benjamin+Edwards%22+starbucks |language=en}} In other works, he has created landscapes from images of fast-food restaurants, commercial signs, condominiums, shopping malls, convenience stores or corporate logos.{{cite web |title=Emily Hall on Benjamin Edwards |url=https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/200702/benjamin-edwards-42788 |website=www.artforum.com|date=February 2007 }}{{cite web |last1=Cotter |first1=Holland |title=ART IN REVIEW; Benjamin Edwards -- 'Convergence' (Published 2001) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/28/arts/art-in-review-benjamin-edwards-convergence.html |website=The New York Times |date=28 September 2001}}
Collections
- Carnegie Museum of Art{{cite web |title=CMOA Collection |url=https://collection.cmoa.org/objects/9f1feda8-f616-43df-9b66-2deb6ac67055 |website=collection.cmoa.org |language=en}}
- Museum of Modern Art, New York{{cite web |title=Benjamin Edwards. Ramble. 2003 {{!}} MoMA |url=https://www.moma.org/collection/works/88884?artist_id=26218&page=1&sov_referrer=artist |website=The Museum of Modern Art |language=en}}
- Orlando Museum of Art{{cite web |url=https://omart.org/artwork/detail/collections/contemporary_american_graphics_collection/2/ |title=Automatic City: Benjamin Edwards (American, B.1970) |website=omart.org |publisher=Orlando Museum of Art |accessdate=2 December 2020}}
Personal life
Edwards is married to Neera Tanden, a lawyer and Democratic political advisor.{{cite news |last1=Horowitz |first1=Jason |title=Think-tank post puts spotlight on veteran Democratic operative Neera Tanden |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house/think-tank-post-puts-spotlight-on-veteran-democratic-operative-neera-tanden/2011/11/01/gIQAn6fpjM_story.html |newspaper=Washington Post |date=3 November 2011}} Tanden was the nominee-designee for Director of the Office of Management and Budget in the Joe Biden presidential administration briefly before her nomination was withdrawn after opposition.{{cite web |last1=Keith |first1=Tamara |title=Why Biden Budget Pick Neera Tanden Already Faces Republican Opposition |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/biden-transition-updates/2020/12/03/941597232/why-biden-budget-pick-neera-tanden-already-faces-republican-opposition |website=NPR.org |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://benjamin-edwards.squarespace.com/}}
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Category:Rhode Island School of Design alumni