Wednesday, 6 November 2019

Magical Buildings,

some of which float in space,


 are on show at the Direktorenhaus Museum in Berlin this past week, a solo exhibition of detailed architectural drawings by Virginia-based artist Benjamin Sack opened to the public, titled Labyrinths, the collection of new works features vast cityscapes comprised of impossible inner-geometries, above “Astrum”, 11 x 14 inches. All images courtesy of the artist

  “Library of Babel” (globe piece), 16 inches in diameter

“Library of Babel” detail

“Library of Babel” detail

“Library of Babel” detail

“Library of Babel” detail

   “Canto IV” 70 x 70 inches

“Eden” 14 x 11 inches

“Peregrinations” 68 x 93 inches

“Samsara” 12 x 18 inches


“Stella Aurora” 11 x 14 inches, the pieces in Labyrinths range from 11 inches by 14 inches (a standard photo print size) up to 90 inches wide and 69 inches tall, a work titled Library of Babel is drawn on the surface of a globe measuring 16 inches in diameter, Labyrinths will be exhibited through January 22, 2020, for more of Sack’s imaginative maps, you can follow the artist on Instagram, the more I look at these incredible drawings the more detail I can see, what an amazing series of works.


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