Articles by Ben O'Connor
Benjamin O'Connor graduated in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins college in 2007. Having studied Art Criticism under Libby Anson, previous editor of A-N Magazine and Author of 'The A-Z of Art', his interest in the field of criticism and curation began to develop into a desire to write alongside his work. Currently Benjamin is a practicing multimedia Artist working in film and video, mixed media collage and performance. His writing and video work, around the subject of Gender, have inspired numerous drag performances, and other forms of live art, that try to challenge Gender norms and question the inherent binary Gender system in society.
"Some view Fine Art as any work that has been developed for aesthetics as opposed to utility. I believe that Fine Art is primarily a concept and the outcome is simply the document of an idea."
The Frieze Art Fair is an event that, as an artist, one can hardly afford to miss. Bringing together artists, artworks and buyers from all over the world, it gives us the opportunity to spend …
Paris is a city defined by contrast; tradition with modernity, grandeur with slums, and romance with pretension. The stark borders drawn all across Paris are not only physical but conceptual, which is demonstrated by the …
What interests me is what runs underneath speeches and discourses, within images. I try to create the conditions in which, whether one faces a narrative or not, there is no conclusion, no certitude.
Belgian Artist David …
“I don’t make things, I make things happen!”
Jeremy Deller is an Artist made famous by his historic Turner Prize win in 2004. Since then he has established himself at the vanguard of British Art, whilst …
“People in Britain can handle modernist painting, as you can see from the reaction to the Rothkos,” says Fowler. “But they have a real problem with any kind of abstraction in film.”
Luke Fowler is a …
