As he writes himself on one of his famous black canvases with white writing: “Ben is everywhere”. Yet, what do we really know about the artist?
An artist of international renown, Ben is also one of the few visual artists known to the general public. He is also an important member of Fluxus, an international artistic movement of the 1960s that questioned the notion of the artwork.
His house in Nice, his hut-like shop at the Centre Georges Pompidou, the multiple exhibition-installations designed to capture the visitor-viewer’s attention for more than 5 minutes, Ben designs all these with a belief: “communication is key”.
