Art
#Ben Young
#concrete
#glass
#sculpture
#water
![A sculpture made of concrete, steel, and layers of glass that depicts a mountain appearing on the surface of some water, with a sailboat nearby.](https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/young-HiddenLayers_1.jpg)
“Hidden Layers” (2023). Laminated float glass, solid concrete, chrome steel, and white bronze, 22 x 16 x 8 inches. All photographs © Ben Younger, courtesy of Chesterfield Gallery, shared with permission
Crystal-clear layers of aqua-tinted glass kind cross-sections of deep oceans and dramatic geology in Ben Young’s sculptures (previously). Persevering with his exploration of the connection between people and the pure world, the artist combines supplies sometimes related to business and development, like concrete, metal, and laminated float glass, into undulating shorelines and seascapes.
New items in Younger’s forthcoming solo exhibition Delicate House at Chesterfield Gallery seem like preternaturally nonetheless, miniaturized wedges of the earth, plucked from the floor and deposited onto pedestals or into bronze frames. “Water, a recurring topic for me, with its ceaseless journey, serves because the central topic for this exhibition,” the artist says in a press release. “As water flows by means of landscapes, carves valleys, and traverses ecosystems, it embodies nature’s tenacity, at all times searching for stability.”
Delicate House runs from January 6 to 31 at Chesterfield Gallery in New York Metropolis, and you could find extra on Younger’s website and Instagram.
![A detail of a sculpture made of concrete, steel, and layers of glass that depicts a mountaintop above the surface of water with a sailboat nearby.](https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/young-HiddenLayers_2.jpg)
Element of “Hidden Layers”
![A sculpture made of concrete, steel, and layers of glass that depicts an abstracted rocky shoreline.](https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/young-TidalBalance_1-scaled.jpg)
“Tidal Stability” (2023), laminated float glass, solid concrete, and chrome steel (base), 15 x 7 x 7 inches
![A sculpture made of concrete, steel, and layers of glass that depicts an abstracted rocky coastline with a tiny lighthouse on top.](https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/young-Guidance_4-scaled.jpg)
“Steerage” (2023), laminated float glass, solid concrete, chrome steel, and white bronze, 26 x 11 x 10 inches
![Detail of a small lighthouse on a cliff atop a cube of water made from glass.](https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/young-Guidance_5.jpg)
Element of “Steerage”
![A group of geometric sculptures made from glass, steel, and concrete, displayed on plinths.](https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/young-Delicate-Space-Group-Shot-01.jpg)
Works in ‘Delicate House’
![A triangular metal frame containing layers of glass resembling water, which is inverted into a triangular slab of concrete that resembles a mountain.](https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/young-Dance-of-Balance_1.jpg)
“Dance of Stability” (2023), laminated float glass, solid concrete, and chrome steel, 26 x 24 x 5 inches
![A geometric sculpture made from metal, concrete, and glass.](https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/young-CONTINUUM_4.jpg)
“Continuum” (2023), laminated float glass, solid concrete, and chrome steel, 15 x 16 x 5 inches
![A geometric sculpture made from metal, concrete and glass in an overall rectangular shape.](https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/young-Altered-Perspective_1.jpg)
“Altered Perspective” (2023), laminated float glass, solid concrete, and chrome steel, 16 x 22 x 5 inches
#Ben Young
#concrete
#glass
#sculpture
#water
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