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Dark Tower by Ben Jackel (2017) A dark tower stands in New York City on 5th Avenue, between 57th and 56th streets. Constructed in 1983, this sleek black glass-surfaced skyscraper has been there for some …
Don’t miss the chance to see Ben Jackel, Frederick Hammersley, Enrique Martínez Celaya and Sui Jianguo in the exhibition Showing Off: Recent Acquisitions at the Denver Art Museum. The group show highlights gifted and purchased artworks …
Ben Jackel makes his Venice Biennale debut in the exhibition We Must Risk Delight: Twenty Artists from Los Angeles. The ceramic helmet sculpture on display was first shown in Jackel’s L.A. Louver 2015 exhibition American …
The Denver Art Museum is proudly displaying the newest editions to their permanent collection in the exhibition Showing Off: Recent Modern & Contemporary Acquisitions. Prominently featured in this presentation are two large sculptures by Ben …
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 …
Our exhibitions for Ben Jackel and Sandra Rubin Mendelsohn are now in their final week, and end this Saturday, March 28, 2015. New videos on both artists can now be viewed online. Watch Ben Jackel …
Carved from mahogany and ebony, Ben Jackel reinterprets one of the United States’ newly developed unmanned aerial vehicles. Named “Fury” and developed by Lockheed Martin, the drone is touted by its manufacturer as “a long-endurance, …
“Throughout history, masculinist objects like those Jackel makes, and the actions/thoughts they intone have been put to exploitive, even fascist ends — the subtext being strength leads and the rest of us follow. Or else. …
This Thursday, 26 February, L.A. Louver will be hosting an intimate artist conversation with Ben Jackel and Christopher Miles. Together they will discuss Jackel’s recent body of work, as the artist shares insight into his …
Featuring new wood and clay sculptures, Ben Jackel’s forthcoming exhibition American Imperium opens next Wednesday, February 18. Expect to see utilitarian objects and helmets made from clay, sleek wooden drones suspended from the ceiling, and …
New works by Ben Jackel are making their way to gallery for his upcoming exhibition opening at L.A. Louver on Wednesday, February 18, 2015. Titled “American Imperium,” the exhibition features sculptures created by Jackel over …
Last week we shared a glimpse into Ben Jackel’s studio featuring his newest series of helmet sculptures while still in progress. Over the past two years, Jackel has created six of these impressive helmets – …
In preparation for his upcoming solo exhibition at L.A. Louver, Ben Jackel has created a new series of helmets. Oversized and formed from black stoneware (the artist’s choice of clay), Jackel took inspiration from historical …
Ben Jackel is preparing for his forthcoming exhibition at L.A. Louver. Here he is carving a propellor from a single block of wood. Featuring new works in wood and clay, this will be Jackel's 3rd solo …
Taking nearly two years to complete, Swiss Hydrant is the latest and most intricate sculpture to emerge from his ongoing hydrant series. To learn more about Jackel’s fascination with hydrants, and the significance of rendering these objects in …
Ben Jackel’s latest masterpiece and his first bronze sculpture “Grandpa’s Knuckle Dusters, Bronze” is currently on view in our open air Skyroom. The work is a larger-than-life size representation of brass knuckles handed down to Jackel, …
Check out images from last night’s opening for Rina Banerjee “Disgust,” with a 2nd floor group show and the premiere of Ben Jackel’s new Skyroom installation “Grandpa’s Knuckle Dusters, Bronze,” now on our Facebook page. Fun …
See new sculpture by Ben Jackel in the group show “Prep School” at the Torrance Art Museum. Including 28 artists, the exhibition also features work by Rogue Wave artist Farrah Karapetian. On view through May …
Ben Jackel is holding artist demonstrations at Fullerton College this week (March 24-27), as part of the Artist in Residency program. Observe his masterful application of sculpture techniques and materials in this rare opportunity to …
The Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) is hosting an auction tonight March 14 (6:30pm), to benefit the museum’s exhibition and educational programming. We are thrilled to be participating with works by our artists Rebecca …
Ben Jackel has been selected as the 2014 Artist in Residence at Fullerton College. In conjunction, an exhibition of his work is on display at the college’s Art Gallery, opening tonight, March 6th. The exhibition …
L.A. Louver artist Ben Jackel is participating in a unique series of group exhibitions abroad. These exhibitions are curated by Dr. George Rivera for the art collective Artnauts. Dr. Rivera is one of Jackel’s mentors …
Ben Jackel stopped by the gallery with his newest creations – his latest series of wood-carved drone planes. Sleek and refined, these suspended works are exact (scaled-down) replications of actual drone planes that are currently …
The Ben Jackel exhibition at L.A. Louver closes next Saturday. If you have not yet made it out to see the Ben Jackel show, put it on your to-do list this weekend! Ben Jackel Navy …
Our Art Basel booth is buzzing with activity as the fair welcomed throngs of visitors this Saturday. See as fair goers maneuver around Matt Wedel’s "Flower trees,“ Richard Deacon’s steel sculpture "Strange Custom,” and not to mention …
“When ancient tools, with their simplified, hand-wrought shapes, are placed alongside modern tools, with their streamlined industrialized designs, the imagination conjures up improbable hybrids. Ben Jackel’s gigantic redwood and graphite ‘Down to the Bone’ blade speaks eloquently …
Ben Jackel, Hurricane (Come What May), 2012, basswood and graphite, 13 x 65 x 65 in. (33 x 165.1 x 165.1 cm), Private collection Check out more works from Zero Percent Contained on our website.
Ben Jackel: Zero Percent Contained Installation photography of Zero Percent Contained now on our website
Ben Jackel, Hurricane (Come What May), 2012, basswood and graphite, 13 x 65 x 65 in. (33 x 165.1 x 165.1 cm) Fantastic opening last night for Ben Jackel & Don Suggs. Here is Ben’s latest work in …
Shana Nys Dambrot included Ben Jackel: Zero Percent Contained in the GO LA section of LA WEEKLY. Don’t miss tonight’s opening from 6-8pm!
The installation continues for Ben Jackel: Zero Percent Contained & Don Suggs: Thermal Pool Paintings and Paradise Prints
Artist Ben Jackel sits next to his piece “nEUROn” made of mahogany with a graphite finish in his studio in Culver City(Genaro Molina, Los Angeles Times / April 19, 2012) Holly Myers profiles Ben Jackel, in his studio as …