Early this year Abdelkader Benchamma created his "Representation of Dark Matter" drawing in our stairwell. Read what he is doing now online at
happening.media and pop by to see his drawing in SoHo. On view Wed-Sun 12-6pm | 12-8pm >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
"The most remarkable element of Benchamma’s work is his confrontational approach to drawing. With paper fixed to the wall the artist works standing up, the works created by the movement of his entire body. “I try to think in the broadest of terms about drawing,” says Benchamma, “This is what allows me not to be trapped in my drawing, working opposite the wall allows me to create a physical dialogue. I am more interested by the physicality of drawing even if there are parts of my work that are very technically detailed. Drawing as an artwork has a presence, like a physical entity which can go beyond what I call story-telling drawing. It is in this optic that I branch out into other mediums, sculpture, writing, installation.” -Clotilde Scordia for...