Helena Benz

The Decision

Jackson's Art Prize 2025
Acrylic
Panel
30 x 30 cm

£1,500

“In this series of paintings, tiny sculptural forms and constructions are used as the starting point for the investigation of a painterly space between art, architecture and landscape. Referring back to the ideals and intentions of Constructivist painters and forward to oncoming climate collapse, the resulting small works are intended to suggest monumental forms, teetering, tipping and out of balance. Situated within a bare, illusory landscape often suggesting activity just out of sight, the works aim to “activate” the viewer, awakening consciousness of emergency. Whilst it is also understood this intention/aim is in vain, there remains a sense of hope”