Case Edgerton Studios is thrilled to present new work for the board by Minneapolis-based artist Kim Benson. Re-adding (after Maria van Oosterwijck) will be on view at the corner of Case and Edgerton through October when it will run concurrently as a featured site in the 2026 Solidarity Street Gallery, St Paul (Oct 16-18). During its run on the board, Benson’s will be installing commissioned work in the 2026 Wakpa Triennial, St Paul (Sept 12- Oct 11) and exhibiting a group of fabulous new paintings in their upcoming solo exhibition at The Orange Advisory in at their new location in North Minneapolis (Oct 22).

 

'I created the collage through numerous layers thinking about elemental recurring forms in my larger work: triangles, circles, squares while working in imagery from 17th century painting: Portrait of Maria van Oosterwijck, 1671, by Wallerant Vaillant. This work has been a source of inspiration for many years. I was interested in creating a portal like space within the square format. A detail of Maria van Oosterwijck's hand and book (bible) is within the circle and outside of it. I was thinking about the way her hand is carefully placed near the corner of the page, a moment of stillness, in between an action, the touch of the paper, and to have this moment/detail within a cosmic and potentially hallucinatory space. I created the patterning through stenciling with lace fabric. I distressed the surface of the collage with sanding, scraping, and dry brushing to create an effect of erosion or decay, thinking about the passage of time, the cyclical nature of all things, and to bring forth and reassert the materiality of the work. Both the physical qualities of the work and the illusionistic imagery coalesce into one visual work that hopefully engages people passing by to stop and look at the work.'