art by benjamin harubin. text and art copyright benjamin harubin. posted in no particular order, from 1976 to the present. i have the capability to print the strictly digital works up to 40" with archival materials. some restrictions may apply.
contact email is bharubin provided by gmail with a com thrown in there for good measure. and a @, too.

click on pics to giganticize. dimensions are listed in order: horizontal, vertical, depth.











Wednesday, June 12, 2024

MUSCLE MEMORY

   


Muscle Memory
benjamin harubin 1995 - 2023
60" x 33" x 4"
acrylics & oils on glass, wood panels, acoustic panel
 


 #gutfeeling #mentalhygiene #hypnopompicjazz #arthistory #whindoz #tiles #whatarelief 









Saturday, June 8, 2024

THERE WAS NEVER A BOX



THERE WAS NEVER A BOX
benjamin harubin ©2022
8" x  8"
 acrylic and paint stick on canvas


 

there was never any poetry here 

the occipital planes encounter turbulence

#dimensionsdontexist



    

THE SOUND COMES FROM UNDERGROUND

 



The Sound Comes from Underground
benjamin harubin 2022

13" x 13" x 9"
found objects, acrylic paint



The Sound Comes from Underground
benjamin harubin 2022
3/4 view


 #100percentorganic #piezoelectric #telluriccurrents #undergroundfutureorganization #morlockrave #matterwaves #sightvssound #thoughtvsaction 


Thursday, June 6, 2024

CHAOS IS NOT DISORDER

 


Chaos Is Not Disorder
benjamin harubin 2024
11" x 5" x 1"
recycled plastics, acrylics, pencil on wood


#jokchurch #entertheplastocene #tinyshrines #earthskysunrise #alienworlds #desktopaphorism #ilyaprigogine


EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED

 


Everything Is Connected
benjamin harubin 2024
8" x 12" x 3"
acrylics on paper & cardboard, cotton, straight pins & copper tube 

 #boltzmannbrains #computationalmatter #repurposedpackaging #humblematerials
#additivesculpture #chaoticnotrandom #ephemeraltestament 


LEAKAGE BETWEEN WORLDS OR BUT YOU CAN'T TELL WHERE THE EDGE IS. NEVERTHELESS, IT WAVES.

 

Leakage Between Worlds or but You Can't Tell Where the Edge Is. Nevertheless, It Waves. 
benjamin harubin 2024
25" x 8" x 3"
acrylics, found objects, ink on wood


 #gallileogallilei #seascape #preciousgarbage #spontaneousgeneration #wallrelief #dreamlogic #thereisnooutthere #plastocene #laqueredrubber


HUNGRY LIKE THE CONTINUUM

 


Hungry Like the Continuum
benjamin harubin 2023
8" x 12" x 2"
acrylics on lichen, twigs, pumpkin, plaster, lint and cardboard 

 #dryerlint #miniatureset #unnatural history #artformsinnature #theplastocene #Sohighyoucantgetoverit #scavengersreign 



THE BIRTH OF DINOSAUR VENUS

 

The Birth of Dinosaur Venus
benjamin harubin 2023
12" x 14" x 5"
acrylics, pencil, objets trouvĂ©s on bark


it is well known that dinosaurs were the first queens with all their feathers and frills and crests and horns and thagomizers and such
so what if life is a game?  
is it blind or designed?  
as if you could really say  
as if that is really a useful question
 

 #tableau #desktop #wallmount #loplop #animistshrine #assemblage #naturalartificial



Wednesday, June 5, 2024

FREQUENCY

 

Frequency
benjamin harubin 2024
17" x 20" x 4"
acrylics on plaster, recycled plastic, cotton & steel assemblage


(an artifact of The Metamorphosis- New Count 07) 

Ismism- the turning of analysis inward to the molecular basis of thought & the whole system circuitry with all material actions.  

the surfacing of novel interactions in the clash of collapsing regimes

#interdimensionalportal #bricolage #assemblage #chaotic #biomorphic #paranoidschizophrenia #bugfuckmundane #gregorsamsa2 #unpredictableorbit

  

EARTH DISASTER CYCLE

 

Earth Disaster Cycle
benjamin harubin 2024
10" x 8" x 2"
cardboard, PVC, paper, acrylics, granite

in the wake of
at the edges of
after the flood
the next phase
very much the template
the unborn transformative
fear not grammatical collapse 

#garage
punksurrealism  #visionarymaterialism #narrativeabstract #informationageterminus #hashtagrevival #seeding
 

Tuesday, June 4, 2024

WE ARE VOLVOX



We Are Volvox
benjamin harubin 2024
13" x 6" x 1"
 plasic, rusted steel, roof shingle, pencil on 
wood

 #inscribedart #pareidola #wallplaque #horrorpoetry #existentialdread #cartoonsurrealism #scrapcollage #metanoia #garbageZen


GOD OF SMALL JUNK

 

God of Small Junk
benjamin harubin 2022
7" x 9" x 3"
acrylics, junk parts, plaster, caulk

 #protectivedeity #godgives #constructionmaterials #wallmask #smallart #postapocalypticprimitivism #assemblage #ArundhatiRoy 



TRIPLE CONJUCTION RISE

 


Triple Conjuction Rise
benjamin harubin 2023
6" x 10" x 3"
charred wood, recycled plastic, varnish

 #desktop #wallmount #portableshrine #meditationfocus #foundobjects #recycledmaterials #landscape #smallart #visualpoetry #earthsky 



DREAM AS COMPRESSED FRACTALIZED VERSION

 


Dream as Compressed Fractalized Version
benjamin harubin 2023
10" x 8" 
acrylics and sand on terry cloth, plywood mount


hallucinations in smoke

       people attach so much meaning to dreams

                    yet they are flavors of smoke

                                diagnostic to a whole systems engineer perhaps

                                                useful for implementing patterns within patterns

to tease the voices to squeak