Ben Buswell

Ben Buswell's sculptural work spans diverse media, encompassing ceramics, metals, resins, incised photographs and more. He subjects these materials to physical processes (such as scratching, piercing, melting and tearing) wherein the accumulation small, repetitive gestures build into a complex whole. This approach investigates the inseparability of the material from what is done to it, a parallel for the relationship between body and mind. “I have a firm belief that we exist only through our bodies, that we are wholly physical things. So material and sculptural presence, as surrogates for this idea, are embedded in the way I think,” Buswell explains.

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