Ben Wilson, who in the leafy suburbs of North London takes what is the inherent problem with chewing gum and uses this incredible permanent material as a unique canvas to decorate pavement. This form of synthetic rubber is essentially so hard to remove that it becomes fixed form of street decoration!
Each picture tells a story as recounted by a passer-by: this was the place where someone was knocked down or had their first kiss. The pictures are small signs of personal connection, a humanizing of an anonymous urban environment; he doesn’t want payment, it’s a gift of recognition in the city’s commercialized and often violent public space.
The artist has been arrested several times and was most recently asked to submit a DNA sample. The case merges compelling issues concerning artistic subversion of public space and government invasion of civilian privacy.
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hello
I am a french journalist and I would like to get in touch with Ben Wilson. Would you have a contact ?
Thanks.
Hi im in the middle of my art gcse
Im focusing on and interior/exterior theme
and i think the way Ben disguises chewing gum, making something essentially ugly into something beautiful is really interesting
Is there any way I could contact him?
Thankyou