AGORA GALLERY NEW YORK

Since Februari 2018 These works are represented by Agora Gallery in New York and can be bought on their site.

From 22  May 2018 Until 12 June 2018, some of my work will be exhibited in the gallery at Chelsea New York.

Press Release NY

Benny De Grove's gripping photographs are at once whimsical and thought provoking as they straddle the boundaries between fantasy and reality.

Working in predominantly photographic prints on Hahnemühle paper, the artist's photographs exude drama and high contrasts in light and shadow

reminiscent of Renaissance masters Rembrandt, Jan van Eyck and Carravagio.

Equally so, De Grove's spirited, often symbolic subject matter recalls that of Surrealist artists Rene Magritte and James Ensor.

De Grove's subjects are often recognizable, whether human, animal or vegetable. Nonetheless, the artist places his subjects amidst cryptic

backgrounds composed of monochrome textures and superimposed images that invite the viewer to ponder

the meaning and symbolism within his works.

In Where is the Public (2017), a circus ringleader clad in a vibrant blue coat peers through a black and grey marbled curtain

that comprises the whole or the exhibition. His expression is at once perplexed and nearly reprehensive,

thus forcing the viewer to question the context of his countenance.

The artist explains: "Reality gives me basics and my dream world fills in the feeling I want to express...most of my recent work can only exist

 by a mixture of different pictures brought together into a new reality : the reality of my feelings.