Wielding an interdisciplinary and research-based approach, Jane Benson (presented by LMAKgallery, New York) develops multilayered narratives that deftly transform and relate back to their experimental source material.  Her recent series Song for Sebald collaged author W.G. Sebald’s novel The Rings of Saturn to create, as noted in a review by ARTnews, “music between the words.”

 

 

 

Jane Benson, Detail from Song for Sebald, Chapter 8,  Hand-cut archival inkjet-prints on paper with sound, 2017.  Image © of the artist and LMAKgallery
Jane Benson, Detail from “Song for Sebald,” Chapter 8, Hand-cut archival inkjet-prints on paper with sound, 2017. Image © of the artist and LMAKgallery

 

Jane Benson, Detail from "Song for Sebald," Chapter 10, Hand-cut archival inkjet-prints on paper with sound, 2017.  Image © of the artist and LMAKgallery
Jane Benson, Detail from “Song for Sebald,” Chapter 10, Hand-cut archival inkjet prints on paper with sound, 2017. Image © of the artist and LMAKgallery

 

Joan Benson, Detail from "Song for Sebald," Chapter 9 with sound pod.   Hand-cut archival inkjet-prints on paper with sound, 2017.
Joan Benson, Detail from “Song for Sebald,” Chapter 9 with sound pod. Hand-cut archival inkjet prints on paper with sound, 2017. Image © of the artist and LMAKgallery.

 

 

Jane Benson, Detail from "Song for Sebald," 2017 Chapter 1 Hand-cut archival inkjet-prints on paper with sound.
Jane Benson, Detail from “Song for Sebald,” Hand-cut archival inkjet prints on paper with sound, 2017. Image © of the artist and LMAKgallery