Benjamin Pierce
soon again

 

 

 

As a strong advocate that we must sometimes use our imagination to create our own world due to the harshness of this world, Pierce invents a world of his own, comprised of his daydreams and stories he creates from passer-bys on the street.

The under current of this series is a dedication to Pierce’s grandmother and a close friend that passed this year. The show is not necessarily about mortality, but focuses on the immediacy of life. Pierce has tried to tie these life changing events in with his ongoing themes of flight and escape. All of the collage used comes from books, letters and papers salvaged from his grandmother's house as he cleaned it out.In many pieces he uses bits of old church flyers. The strip across the top of the girl's panel and the sun on the guys side of “Soon Again”, come from a flyer which reads, “your sorrow will turn to joy”. Using these flyers is both a nod to his grandmother and a contemplation of his own faith, mortality, etc.

Many of Pierce’s characters have halos; this comes out of his belief that there is grace in all things if we are willing to see it.

The small water colors were done primarily at work during 'downtime' and are a statement of how much time we waste during the day when we could be doing something we love.

Pierce’s work brings about a new lyrical world of bright color and playfulness through his innocent distortion of forms. His motto, “we are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams,” certainly shines through his work, which often incorporates references to musical imagery.