A Long Song

Simon Benson’s practice moves between drawing, text, objects and installation, weaving together personal memory, art history, literature and the imagination. Working primarily with pencil, his intricate drawings create layers of references in which images are transformed, reflected and reconfigured. Recurring themes of time, metamorphosis and memory connect personal experience with figures and places drawn from cultural history. Through subtle shifts and unexpected associations, Benson constructs visual spaces where different moments, images and ideas appear to coexist within the same work.