Poisoned Prick
Acrylic on Board,
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Details
Acrylic on Board
W: 180mm x H: 130mm x D: 15mm
W: 7" x H: 5" x D: 1"
Approx. Weight: 0.1kg
This work is
unframed
Price
US$ 57
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About "Poisoned Prick"
The Florist by Benjamin Mitchley In a land of whimsical imaginings, Alien Masters cloned a Florist to tend to the flowers in the land. For their own amusement, they placed a magical spiny flower brimming with transformative poison, among the other flowers. The Florist's curious nature immediately drew him to the flower's soft, fine-quilled head, and he reached out to caress it. Five sharp quills pierced his forefinger, instantly injecting the transformative poison, plunging him into a spinning kaleidoscope vortex until he lost consciousness. The Florist awoke with immovable frozen limbs, transformed into root-like branches spreading out from his head, which prevented him from speaking a word. Known only to a few, the five enlarged, visible spines held the secret to the Florist Tree-man's return to his original form. This, I believe, to be true.
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About Benjamin
Benjamin Mitchley is an internationally successful South African artist, born on 1 Jan 1967 in the Free State. He studied fine arts from 1985 to 1987 at the Vaal University of Technology and Tshwane University of Technology. As a full-time fine artist, scenic artist, illustrator, 2D digital animator and augmented reality artist, he consults and presents workshops on 2D animation and Artivive augmented reality. He does commissions and collaborates with artists by animating their artworks for the Artivive App. He had his first international art exhibition in Germany in 2005 and 2006. From 2004 to 2016 he furthered his scenic experience while working in Dubai on the IBN Battuta shopping mall, a sculpture project for the Dubai Municipality horse museum and mural work at the Dubai IMG Worlds of Adventure indoor theme park. In South Africa, he worked on a scenic project during the first phase of Monte Casino's East-End Teatro and scenic mural projects for television with Brian Rolfe. Since 2010, as a self-taught animator, he created a short animated film for a SABC documentary and animation collaboration for corporation info-graphic projects. In 2013 he received a first-place award in a medical animation competition for the Iheed Institute. Technology plays an integral part in his creative process. Augmented reality has made it possible to showcase his animation alongside his artwork. In 2019, the introduction of the Artivive app allowed the viewer to use a smartphone or tablet to see these animated artworks come to life. This medium has taken him on a new journey with exhibition collaborations with the Artivive company. The first exhibition was held at the Venesia Hotel during the Miami Art Basil in December 2021. He also participated in the 5th Ranetas VR Fest in Alcaniz, Spain, in 2019. In 2020 he received a place as one of the top 10 artists in the Artivive UN Peace Poster International Competition. In 2021,2022 and 2023 he was a participant and animation AR consultant at The Junction's Window Wonderland Augmented Reality event in Toronto, Canada. In 2022 a selection of his Artivive artworks formed part of the 'Art + AR = New Experience' Artivive exhibition, hosted by Sunshine Studios in Korea. In 2023, two of his Artivive augmented reality exhibitions, 'Through the Portal' and 'Flights of Fancy', were exhibited in the Illuseum, Berlin, during Berlin Art Week as part of their 'Parallel Realities' exhibition. A selection of these artworks can still be viewed at the Illuseum in Berlin.
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US$ 48-3,734
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Exhibitions
Sanlam Vuleka exhibition, 2003, 2004 & 2012. Strada restaurant, Munich, 2005/2006. Koenig Bistro, Munich, 2006. Hof Christmas market, DE, 2006. The Studio art gallery, group exhibition, Clarens, 2007. Richard Renni gallery, Clarens, 2007. Solo - 'Spirit', The ArtB, CPT, 2008. 'My Country, My Land', Hyde Park Gallery, JHB, 2009. 'Green, Organic, Nature, Nurture', Hyde Park, JHB. Food & Trees for Africa, 2009. 2nd Annual Group Miniature exhibition, Art Lovers 1932 Gallery, 2013. Portugal Day, group exhibit, Art Lovers 1932,2013. Don't let that Horse, Ode to Chagall, group exhibition, Art Lovers 1932, 2013. Turbine Art Fair, JHB, 2013. Art Lovers 1932 - Erotica group exhibition 2013. Art Lovers 1932 - Mixed Media Duo exhibition with J van Staden with Gordon Froud - Alice in Wonderland group exhibition, 2013. PTA Art Association members exhibition, 2016. Annual Group Miniature exhibition, Art Lovers 1932 Gallery, 2017. Solo - Moments, Trent Gallery, PTA, 20 Apr 2018. 'At Midnight' group exhibit, JVH Gallery, 2018. The Unexpected group exhibit, The Viewing Room, 2018. Solo - 'Moments 2', JVH Gallery, 13 Sept to 22 Sept 2018. 'Postcards from the edge' JVH Gallery, 2019, 2020, 2021 Solo - 'Characters & Concepts', Long Street Art Lovers 1932, 31 Jan - 12 Feb 2019. 'Ophelia' group exhibition, Trent Gallery, 2019. Language of Light: Photography exhibition, Long Street Art Lovers 1932, 2019. 'Magnificent Moving Machines', JVH Gallery, 2019. Solo - 'Characters & Concepts 2', JVH Gallery, 1 - 27 Jun 2019. 'Landscapes of my childhood', JVH Gallery, 2019. 5th Ranetas VR Fest, AlcaƱiz (Spain,) 15 Nov - 1 Dec 2019. '0202/2020' Palindrome Group Exhibit, ArtBox, PTA. 2 - 25 Feb 2020. 'New Dimensions' group exhibit', curated by B Mitchley, JVH Gallery, 28 Jun 2020. Artivive UN Peace Poster Exhibition, UN Secretariat Building, NY 2020. 'Winged Creatures' group exhibit, JVH Gallery, 2020. '2020' group exhibit, JVH Gallery, Dec 2020. 'Still Life Kudos', JVH Gallery, 2021. 'The Rabbit's Foot' group exhibit, JVH Gallery, 2021 'Connectivity', group exhibit, JVH Gallery, 2021. Solo - 'Flights of Fancy', JVH Gallery, Sept 2021. This Is Art Expo, CTICC, 26 Nov 2021. Artivive - 'Characters & Concepts', Miami Art Basil Artivive AR Cocktail, Venezia Hotel Miami, 4 Dec 2021. Artivive 'ART+AR= NEW EXPERIENCE ', Sunshine studios, Korea, 15 Apr. to 14 Oct. 2022. 'Muse' pop-up outdoor Artivive AR gallery, Donaukanal, Vienna, Austria 2022 & 2023. Solo - Through The Portal, JVH Gallery, Oct 2022 & Art of Silver, Cullinan, Nov 2022 to Feb 2023. Artivive collaboration - MoBu International Art Fair of Bucharest in Romania, 19 to 28 May 2023. Parallel Realities, Illuseum in collaboration with Artivive, Berlin Art Week, 14 - 20 Sept. 2023. Annual Postcards group exhibition, JVH Gallery, January 2024.
Education
Fine Arts - Gauteng
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