We went by the Young Artist's Sale at the lovely Scarlett B's
Primetime on Sunday and snapped up a work by our friend
Ben Phelan. Even better, he's promised to come install it at home over dinner next week. Ben's light sculptures have been a fixture at Yeasayer shows for the past while, and although this one doesn't incorporate light, the amorphous shape (reminsicent of Keith Haring lines) and its connection to the rest of Ben's 2D and 3D work makes me super-excited to have a piece of his to look at each day. Here's an image from the Guggenheim "It Came From Brooklyn" series with Ben's light sculptures at work on stage and in the audience.....
