los hengeles, 2021
Situated in The Grand Hall and positioned as the exhibition’s communal hub, Ben Moore’s ’Los Hengeles’ is a scaled down astronomically-aligned replica of Stonehenge, one of the UK’s most recognisable heritage sites and brings together a wealth of collaborative creative skillsets incorporating sculpture, lighting, sound and grass. The ambitious new sculptural installation is part made from plaster of Paris which is the same plaster used in the construction of the Fulham Town Hall and follows on from other Stonehenge inspired artworks by Moore including ‘Phone Henge’ (2019, made of iPhones)
This monument was made entirely on site over two lockdowns (2020/ 2021) specially for ‘Art in the Age of Now’ and continues Art Below’s commitment to presenting engaging works in the public realm. Moore describes the lockdown period as ‘a time of an everlasting present, when day followed day with no trust to a future, no plans being made, where purpose had been lost, or denied us’ So, this piece, a replica of a monument from deep in England’s past, is about this space and place when time’s arrow points not to a different future but to the same repeated present.
Ben Moore would like to thank the following artists and contributors for their contribution and involvement in the making of ‘Los Hengeles’: Bob Rush, Anne Dal Bello, Schoony, Matt Webb.
Fulham town hall
‘Inside the brain of Bobo Fett’ 2021
Spray paint on cast resin brain mounted on perspex base, 30 x 30 x 22cm
Astronaut, 2019
Installation performance art as part of One Small Step exhibition - celebrating 50th anniversary of moon landings.
London, Glastonbury Festival, NYC, Los Angeles, Dallas.
THE PINK STORMTROOPER, SINCE 2009
Pink Stormtrooper Gallery
ART WARS, SINCE 2010
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Black Storm, 2018
Black Storm Gallery
Phone Henge, 2020
3 x old semi functioning iPhones on plinth (30cm x 30cm x 60cm) with perspex face mount
A SHOT IN THE DARK, 2020
Steel MOD military target with over 200 bullet holes, encased and sealed in wooden box frame with backing board, LED lights
90cm x 40cm x 10cm
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Star Paintings, 2014
“I once imagined that the stars were like holes in the canvas of the sky and that behind the canvas was an endless timeless bright light and what we are seeing is the light shining through the holes.”
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Stations Of The Cross, SINCE 2014
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Machine WORK, 2010
Themed one armed bandits including ‘The Love Machine’ sold at auction at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in 2010 and the Drugs Machine installed at the IVY Club, Soho, 2013 (sold)
Art Below Posters, Since 2006
‘Tuning Ad Space into Art Space’ at major stations across the London Underground.
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