Experience the bold vision of artist @gavinbenjamin in this special pop-up exhibition featuring works from his acclaimed series "Heads of State," "Night Fever," and "Miss a Thing." On view May 21-27 and May 30-31 during regular Museum hours. Free admission.
1 - Gavin Benjamin, "Night Fever: No. 9," around 2023. Mixed media on wood. The Hardy Family Art Collection and Nemacolin. Image courtesy of the artist
2 - Gavin Benjamin, "Night Fever: No. 11," 2023. Mixed media on wood. The Hardy Family Art Collection and Nemacolin. Image courtesy of the artist
3 - Gavin Benjamin, "Night Fever: No. 1," 2023. Mixed media on wood. The Hardy Family Art Collection and Nemacolin. Image courtesy of the artist
5 - Gavin Benjamin, "Night Fever: No. 10," 2023. Mixed media on wood. The Hardy Family Art Collection and Nemacolin. Image courtesy of the artist
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EXHIBIT ANNOUNCEMENT
Gavin Benjamin: In The Air Tonight
Artist Reception
June 6, 5-8pm
This series of mixed-media collages is rooted in observation — in the art of people watching and the fleeting theater of public life. The works explore the tension between visibility and anonymity, individuality and performance, memory and mythmaking. The 1990s now feel like the threshold between two worlds: the final moment before technology fundamentally altered our relationship to privacy, identity, and self-expression. Before the omnipresence of cell phones, cameras, and social media, there existed a rare freedom — the ability to move through the world unrecorded, to invent oneself continuously and without scrutiny.
Blending autobiography with pop culture, nightlife, politics, and collective memory, these works preserve fragments of a disappearing New York City. They are layered portraits of a city, a generation, and a state of mind that can never fully exist again.
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Experience the bold vision of artist Gavin Benjamin in this special pop-up exhibition at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art featuring works from his acclaimed series Heads of State, Night Fever, and Miss a Thing.
The exhibition is on view during regular Museum hours May 21–27 and May 30–31 only. (Closed on May 28 and 29).
Gavin is also being honored at the museum’s annual Gala on May 29th.
Link to registration in bio.
