Limited Edition Etching by Benjamin Brett

We present a small curated selection of etchings produced by Villa Lena Foundation in the past few years.
Four emerging British artists, past residents at Villa Lena, present visual studies on the classical subject of Figure and Landscape. Benjamin Brett’s work presents cohabitation of recognisable objects and abstract plains, and through the painting process, imagery is revealed and disguised at the same time. The same approach is applicable to the etching he produced at Villa Lena – the common landscape motifs, such as a path or a tree – are hinted in the etching, creating metaphors and acting as a device for abstraction, underlying Benjamin’s interest in the ambiguity of visual information and the abstract forms.