Ben Jackel is giving a lecture at the Denver Art Museum on Wednesday, April 8, 2015, as part of their ongoing Logan Lecture series. More details here.

The museum recently acquired Jackel’s massive halberd sculpture Pay Attention (2012), which was included in his 2012 L.A. Louver exhibition Zero Percent Contained.

Click here to see a video of the artist carving this piece in his Los Angeles studio. 

IMAGE: Ben Jackel, Pay Attention, 2012, pine wood and graphite, 162 x 64 x 11 in. (411.5 x 162.6 x 27.9 cm)