BRG Summer Series I: Caitlin Cartwright & Gavin Benjamin

BRG SUMMER SERIES JUNE 5 - 27

Caitlin Cartwright & Gavin Benjamin

CAITLIN CARTWRIGHT

Caitlin's work was recently featured in the Midwest Issue #143 of New American Paintings.

DETROIT, MI

Caitlin Cartwright is a social change artist whose vibrant narrative works combine painting, drawing, and collage to explore the stories that connect people across cultures. Although her intimate works deal with themes of loss and isolation, each piece contains elements of community, comfort, and hope. Many years spent living and working with vulnerable populations in locales such as Madagascar, Namibia, and India, influence both the emotional and geographical scope of her work.

Caitlin earned her BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art, as well as a masters degree in sustainable international development from the School for International Training in Washington, D.C. She has completed a six-month residency at the Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft in Columbia, NC. In combination with a long career in community development, she utilizes art as a storytelling tool for economic empowerment, peace building, and healing and wellness. Caitlin is currently based in Detroit, MI, and her works and collaborative projects continue to be shown both nationally and abroad.

“I’ve always been drawn to figurative narrative painting. For me it’s the best way to tell a story.”

MIGRATION Acrylic, latex, fashion magazine, painted paper on panel 24 x 18 in. $1600

CURRENT Acrylic, latex, fashion magazine, painted paper, gold leaf on panel 12 x 12 in. $550

BEACHED Acrylic, latex, fashion magazine, painted paper, gold leaf on wooden board 12 x 12 in.

SOLD

IN THE WATER Acrylic, latex, fashion magazine, painted paper on panel 30 x 30 in.

SOLD

UNDERTOW Acrylic, latex, fashion magazine, painted paper, gold leaf on panel 48 x 48 in.

SOLD

UNDERWATER Acrylic, latex, fashion magazine, painted paper, gold leaf on panel 12 x 12 in.

SOLD

BENEATH THE SURFACE Acrylic, latex, fashion magazine, gold leaf on panel 8 x 8 in.

SOLD

SHALLOW WATER Acrylic, latex, fashion magazine, painted paper, gold leaf on panel 24 x 18 in. $1600

CAPSIZED Acrylic, latex, fashion magazine, painted paper, gold leaf on panel 30 x 30 in. $2200

GAVIN BENJAMIN

Gavin is currently the artist in resdience at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art.

PITTSBURGH, PA

Gavin Benjamin is a multifaceted artist who combines original analog photography and appropriated images with collage, paint, and varnish to create rich and luxurious works that call back to baroque traditions while incorporating elements of current culture to provoke, critique, and explore. Benjamin investigates the intersection of culture, media, politics, fashion, and design, addressing questions that (continue to) confront a men of color in America today.

Born in Guyana, South America and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Benjamin received his BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. During this time, he worked as an interned for the legendary portrait photographer, Arnold Newman.

His work has appeared at the Slick Paris, Sotheby’s NY, Architectural Digest Home Design Show, Art Hampton, Affordable Art Fair, Scope Miami, Palm Beach Modern, Context Miami, Context NY, Art Silicon Valley, and the LA Art Fair. Benjamin is currently the artist in residence at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art.

“My work reflects everything that I’m thinking – it includes everything that I love and everything that I’m challenged by.”

HEADS OF STATE NO. 14 Analog photography, appropriated images, and mixed media on panel 40 x 30 in. $6000

HEADS OF STATE NO. 57 Analog photography, appropriated images, and mixed media on panel 20 x 16 in. $2000

HEADS OF STATE NO. 9 Analog photography, appropriated images, and mixed media on panel 20 x 16 in.

SOLD

HEADS OF STATE NO. 53 Analog photography, appropriated images, and mixed media on panel 20 x 16 in.

SOLD

HEADS OF STATE NO. 20 Analog photography, appropriated images, and mixed media on panel 20 x 16 in.

SOLD

HEADS OF STATE NO. 31 Analog photography, appropriated images, and mixed media on panel 40 x 30 in. $6000

HEADS OF STATE NO. 58 Analog photography, appropriated images, and mixed media on panel 20 x 16 in. $2000

HEADS OF STATE NO. 19 Analog photography, appropriated images, and mixed media on panel 20 x 16 in. $2000

HEADS OF STATE NO. 34 Analog photography, appropriated images, and mixed media on panel 20 x 16 in.

SOLD

HEADS OF STATE NO. 12 Analog photography, appropriated images, and mixed media on panel 20 x 16 in.

SOLD

BRG SUMMER SERIES I. CAITLIN CARTWRIGHT & GAVIN BANJAMIN GALLERY HOP EXHIBITION RECEPTION: JUNE 5, 1-5 PM ON VIEW: JUNE 5 - 27

II. RICHARD LILLASH & ERIKA STEARLY GALLERY HOP EXHIBITION RECEPTION: JULY 3, 1-5 PM ON VIEW: JULY 3 - AUGUST 1

III. JEFFREY HIRST & MARCO QUERIN GALLERY HOP EXHIBITION RECEPTION: AUGUST 7, 1-5 PM ON VIEW: AUGUST 7 - 29

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