M. Ben Cohan
An Unending Pause Ruralitry 1 Ruralitry 2 Ruralitry 3 Ruralitry 4 Ruralitry 5 -- Sold Ruralitry 6 Ruralitry 7 Ruralitry 8 Ruralitry 9 Ruralitry 10 -- Sold Ruralitry 11 Ruralitry 12 Ruralitry 13 (Ruralitry) Ruralitry 14 (Intersection) Ruralitry 15 (Stripe) Ruralitry 15 Ruralitry 16 (Cigarette) -- Sold Detail Ruralitry 16 Ruralitry 17 (Sign) Detail Ruralitry 17 Ruralitry 18 (Tower) -- Sold Detail Ruralitry 18 Ruralitry 19 (Shed) Ruralitry 20 (Power lines) Ruralitry 21 (Median) Ruralitry 22 (Turn) -- NFS Ruralitry 23 (Snow) Ruralitry 24 (Overpasses) -- Sold Ruralitry 25 (Boxcar) Ruralitry 26 (Curb) Ruralitry 27 (Sidewalk) Ruralitry 28 (Railroad) -- NFS Ruralitry 29 (Posts)
Ruralitry
This is an ongoing body of work that presents the viewer with visual miscues by reorganizing physical space into the two-dimensional place of the painting. Due to a concerted effort to oppose & distort the conventions of actual space (linear perspective, vanishing points, horizon lines, atmosphere, directional light, etc.) these works present the viewer with a shift in perception. The readability of the image teeters between abstraction & realism, allowing the surface to be gazed at & not through.

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