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Angel in The Storm II

The storm commences in moderato... Playing with the contrast between bright white and deep blues, the painting delivers a seductive overture into the series. The striking presence of the lightning bolt clashes with the enveloping darkness of the... More

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Diminuendo

The storm will fade with diminuendo as they have come with fortissimo... In an attempt to be in dialogue with both representational and abstracted imageries, the painting unraveled with both time and meditation. Inspired by the transition from... More

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Galvanize

Follow the Angel, in the pursuit of the Storm. There is no time to hesitate, the Angel's voice guiding with grace. What is dangerous can be alluring. What is vicious can be a reckoning...

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Herald of The Tempest

Beyond the tempest, a rapturing light that commands the bellowing thunders pierces into the night ... Like a crescendo leading up to a high note, the angelic figure rises above the thunderous clouds amidst the night. Has its presence brought the... More

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Memento

The memories, hidden between the pages. Mementos of a past chapter, growing bittersweet. Based on my own experience of burying mementos between book pages, the painting approaches my own memories from a fictionalized perspective. The birds... More

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Pas Des Deux

The sounds begin to die the moment the piano keys are played. What are songs but the notes lingering on, like remnants of yearning? "Pas Des Deux" is a French term for "step of two" that is used for ballet dances for two dancers. Using the piano... More

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Revel

Revel the raging winds, embrace its rapturing intensity. Her body is gripped with fear. Her emotions full of reluctance. Her eyes are closed in fear, hesitating to confront the storm that is calling on her to embrace it.

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Syncopate

Mirrored in his own world, he is embedded in a dilemma. To face himself or run from it?... “Syncopate” is a musical term for a beat deviating from its norm, which to myself perfectly encapsulates the feeling of this image. Syncopation can stem... More

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Tendency

The urge to fight longing, the struggle to usher the words – why do we feel the need to flee yet simultaneously embrace an inescapable storm? The painting is referencing a still of the film "Days of Being Wild" by Wong Kar-wai. In drawing... More

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The Ballade of a Thousand Winds

Fear is not conquered by hiding in comfort, but the hunger to master the winds. Centering a climactic scene, the painting aspires to deliver a pictorial drama that is both rapturous and suspenseful. The winds will commence violently, but they too... More

Work by

Ben Bui aka. BENJII

Painting

“A storm is but a thousand winds. Such moments pass by fleetingly and yet we often find ourselves embedded in our own reluctance. With this body of work, “fear” no longer arises because of uncertainty...” [More]