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Matthew Benedict The Mages Pantry

Rated 3.9 out of 5 based on 14 customer reviews
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In 2001, artist Nayland Blake declared, If a branch of Voodoo had sprouted up in turn-of-the-century New England, its artifacts might look something like the work of the 32-year-old, New York-based Matthew Benedict In his work, desire, especially gay desire, is seen as the entrance to another realm, a secret society filled with coded imagery. Benedicts paintings, photographs, embroidery and sculptural works are populated by a host of obscure references, from pirates to saints to Freemasons and tarot symbology. And archaic-sounding titles abound, like 2006s The Magus and the Old Man recoiling from the High Priest (Moses and Rip van Winkle recoiling from Pius XII) or Still Life with Razor and Sugarcubes from 2000. Creating a labyrinth of literary allusions, Benedict--a Herman Melville fan--deliberately eludes the easy read, though agendas do sometimes emerge. The Childrens Hall (2002-2005), for example, is a diptych featuring all manner of outmoded toy ry--sabres, machetes, daggers--arranged in a decorative, baroque pattern, which rather darkly suggests the aesthetic appeal of violence to children.

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Average Star Rating: 3.9 out of 5
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14 reviews for Matthew Benedict The Mages Pantry

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      runfromp from Tula, Russia

    Works well for the most part

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      Angel Memories from Long Beach, United States

    Very happy with this purchase. The product is very well manufactured, great value for money.