Ben Pearce
Milk on Metal
27 March - 20 April, 2019
27 March 2019 - 20 April 2019 ![]() Available Works Artist Page Milk on metal suggests ancient alchemical and transformative processes. And in Ben Pearce's sculptures there is something at once otherworldly and familiar. Such dualisms, materially and metaphysically, formally and conceptually, interest him and play out in his work. His sculptures, which often have their starting point in found objects or materials, are both minimal and highly detailed, they are new and they are old, they are contemporary and dystopian. There's a sense of corrosion and hopeful repurposing. Hand-carved bronze glows but its surface is often crater like with dark inner hues.
Pearce works with wood, stone, metal and found objects - slowly carving, assembling, and imbuing his materials with new ideas and life. "I like altering something over a long period of time into a work of art that lasts forever, and sits in a home and is engaged with on a daily basis, and is treasured". Pearce completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts, majoring in sculpture, at the Wanganui Quay School of Fine Arts in 2003. He has exhibited regularly with recent highlights including SCAPE Public Art 20th Anniversary Season in late 2018, a major installation for the Hastings Art Gallery - Life will go on long after money - from December 2017 - March 2018. He has been included in group shows exploring contemporary sculpture at The Suter Art Gallery and The City Gallery Wellington. Pearce is the recipient of the No. 8 Wire National Art Award (2016), the Waikato Youth Art Award (2009), and the Wallace Art Award People's Choice Award (2009). He was included in the Warwick Brown book Seen this Century, featuring 100 contemporary New Zealand artists emerging in the 21st century. Show more
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A study in Scarlet
A study in Scarlet 2019 For C Schultz
For C Schultz 2019 Asteroid 1
2019 Ben Pearce handcarved bronze 18 mm diameter SOLD Asteroid 1 2019 Ben Pearce handcarved bronze 18 mm diameter SOLD Asteroid 2
2019 Ben Pearce handcarved bronze 18 x 9 x 10 mm SOLD Asteroid 2 2019 Ben Pearce handcarved bronze 18 x 9 x 10 mm SOLD Crescent IIII
2019 Ben Pearce handcarved bronze 600 x 135 mm SOLD Crescent IIII 2019 Ben Pearce handcarved bronze 600 x 135 mm SOLD Rod 3
2019 Ben Pearce handcarved bronze 110 x 14 x 18 mm SOLD Rod 3 2019 Ben Pearce handcarved bronze 110 x 14 x 18 mm SOLD Rod 4
2019 Ben Pearce handcarved bronze 140 x 14 x 18 mm SOLD Rod 4 2019 Ben Pearce handcarved bronze 140 x 14 x 18 mm SOLD Encompass
2019 Ben Pearce handcarved bronze, stainless steel 230 x 145 x 5 mm SOLD Encompass 2019 Ben Pearce handcarved bronze, stainless steel 230 x 145 x 5 mm SOLD The struggles of Noah
2019 Ben Pearce bronze, timber and found objects 1700 x 140 x 120 mm SOLD The struggles of Noah 2019 Ben Pearce bronze, timber and found objects 1700 x 140 x 120 mm SOLD Flotsam
2019 Ben Pearce brass and timber 375 x 180 mm SOLD Flotsam 2019 Ben Pearce brass and timber 375 x 180 mm SOLD Six literal consecutive 24 hour days
2017 Ben Pearce handcarved bronze 145 x 230 mm SOLD Six literal consecutive 24 hour days 2017 Ben Pearce handcarved bronze 145 x 230 mm SOLD An incomplete circle
2019 Ben Pearce handcarved bronze 550 mm diameter SOLD An incomplete circle 2019 Ben Pearce handcarved bronze 550 mm diameter SOLD Artifact
2019 Ben Pearce handcarved aluminium Bialetti coffee pot 140 x 80 x 90 mm SOLD Artifact 2019 Ben Pearce handcarved aluminium Bialetti coffee pot 140 x 80 x 90 mm SOLD For Rover
2019 Ben Pearce bronze, aluminium, precious stones 190 x 240 x 120 mm SOLD For Rover 2019 Ben Pearce bronze, aluminium, precious stones 190 x 240 x 120 mm SOLD Helicoil
2019 Ben Pearce handcarved bronze and brass 75 x 5 x 90 mm SOLD Helicoil 2019 Ben Pearce handcarved bronze and brass 75 x 5 x 90 mm SOLD The smallest building in the world
2019 Ben Pearce handcarved bronze, aluminium 45 x 55 x 18 mm SOLD The smallest building in the world 2019 Ben Pearce handcarved bronze, aluminium 45 x 55 x 18 mm SOLD Rod Arrangement 1
2019 Ben Pearce handcarved bronze 415 x 10 x 18 mm SOLD Rod Arrangement 1 2019 Ben Pearce handcarved bronze 415 x 10 x 18 mm SOLD Rod Arrangement 2
2019 Ben Pearce handcarved bronze 425 x 10 x 18 mm SOLD Rod Arrangement 2 2019 Ben Pearce handcarved bronze 425 x 10 x 18 mm SOLD |