Monochrome
Group Exhibition | GLR41
Summer 2021
Abel Bentin, "Good Neighbors Series"
Bronze
17.75" x 10" x 5"
Abel Bentin, "Good Neighbors Series" Ed. AP
Bronze
14" x 10" x 8"
Abel Bentin, "Good Neighbors Series" Ed. 3/3
Bronze
14" x 9" x 9"
Abel Bentin, "Faithless" Ed. 1/15 SOLD
Resin, marble dust and urethane paint
12.5" x 8"
Abel Bentin, "Melting Neptune" SOLD
Resin and urethane paint
63"
Abel Bentin (Lima, 1984) is a contemporary artist who graduated in First Place of the Art Faculty of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (2008). Abel Bentin is one of the most active young artists in national and international collective exhibitions.
In Abel Bentin’s works ice cream cones melt and viscous substances drip down from classical statues, reinterpreted with a pop sensibility. His I Don’t Believe in Art (2017), made of marble powder and resin, was part of an installation created at the Los Angeles Ice Cream Museum (now permanently closed) in which even the walls of the room were invaded by dripping ice cream cones.
The Museum of Ice Cream lives in a placid pink warehouse, right in the heart of LA’s Arts District. Next to a hip nail salon, one of the city’s best restaurants, but also rather desolate parking lots, the Museum is a benevolent institution within the concrete exterior of the Arts District. Entering the first door, visitors are dropped into a bubblegum pink room, lined with retro cord telephones. They are then directed to pick up the phone, only to be greeted by Seth Rogen’s familiar voice. It’s a pleasant surprise to hear Rogen, as he sets the tone with an informality that’s comforting. He encourages us to forget that he is in fact Seth Rogen. Today, he is the ice cream fairy, here to transport us into this magical world. [...] Take a stroll through melted popsicle jungles and gummy bear hallways, until you reach a room with a darker vibe than the others. Titled the “Black Chaos Room,” artist Abel Bentin of Peru puts madness and chaos into mundane and innocent objects. That includes samples of black cookie dough and a Greek bust, smothered in melting chocolate cones.