Ben Jackel: American Imperium

< 2015

Gallery exhibition

Ben Jackel
American Imperium

Installation photography /
Ben Jackel: American Imperium

Installation photography /
Ben Jackel: American Imperium

Installation photography /
Ben Jackel: American Imperium

Installation photography /
Ben Jackel: American Imperium

Installation photography /
Ben Jackel: American Imperium

Installation photography /
Ben Jackel: American Imperium

Installation photography /
Ben Jackel: American Imperium

Installation photography /
Ben Jackel: American Imperium

Ben Jackel /
Grandpa's Knuckle Dusters (Bronze), 2014 /
bronze /
42 x 70 x 8 in. (106.7 x 177.8 x 20.3 cm) /
Pedestal: 29 x 57 x 27 in. (73.7 x 144.8 x 68.6 cm) /
Private collection

Ben Jackel /
Shadow, 2014 /
mahogany, graphite, ebony /
5 x 45 x 16 in. (12.7 x 114.3 x 40.6 cm)

Ben Jackel /
Triple Bell, 2014 /
stoneware and beeswax /
37 x 32 x 2 in. (94 x 81.3 x 5.1 cm)

Ben Jackel /
Coiled Navy Hose, 2014 /
stoneware, beeswax /
13 x 27 x 6 1/2 in. (33 x 68.6 x 16.5 cm)

Ben Jackel /
Large headed hydrant, youth, 2013 /
stoneware, beeswax /
34 x 12 x 9 in. (86.4 x 30.5 x 22.9 cm)

Ben Jackel /
Large headed hydrant, elder, 2013 /
stoneware, beeswax /
34 x 12 x 12 in. (86.4 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)

Ben Jackel /
Large headed hydrant, middle age, 2013 /
stoneware, beeswax /
34 x 16 x 9 in. (86.4 x 40.6 x 22.9 cm)

Ben Jackel /
Rockefeller (standpipe), 2014 /
stoneware and beeswax /
28 x 17 x 13 in. (71.1 x 43.2 x 33 cm)

Ben Jackel /
Fury, 2014 /
mahogany, graphite, ebony /
7 x 61 x 32 1/2 in. (17.8 x 154.9 x 82.6 cm) /
Private collection

Ben Jackel /
Polecat, 2013 /
mahogany, graphite, ebony /
6 x 24 x 96 in. (15.2 x 61 x 243.8 cm) /
Private collection

Ben Jackel /
Beverly Hills (6-headed standpipe), 2014 /
stoneware and beeswax /
32 x 24 x 17 in. (81.3 x 61 x 43.2 cm)

Ben Jackel /
Sea Strainer, 2013 /
stoneware, hardware, ebony, beeswax /
75 1/2 x 33 x 10 in. (191.8 x 83.8 x 25.4 cm)

Ben Jackel /
Subsistance, 2015 /
mahogany and graphite /
25 x 25 x 7 in. (63.5 x 63.5 x 17.8 cm) /
Private collection

Ben Jackel /
Burgonet with Buffe, 2013 /
stoneware, beeswax /
21 x 24 x 13 1/2 in. (53.3 x 61 x 34.3 cm)

Ben Jackel /
Closed Burgonet, 2014 /
stoneware and beeswax /
22 x 11 x 17 in. (55.9 x 27.9 x 43.2 cm)

Ben Jackel /
Foot Combat Helm, 2015 /
stoneware and beeswax /
24 x 24 x 13 in. (61 x 61 x 33 cm) /
Private collection

Ben Jackel /
Close Helm, Maximillian, 2014 /
stoneware, beeswax /
19 x 14 x 23 in. (48.3 x 35.6 x 58.4 cm) /
Private collection

Ben Jackel /
Stechhelm, 2014 /
stoneware and beeswax /
24 x 12 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (61 x 31.8 x 44.5 cm)

Ben Jackel /
Zumiwalt (ship), 2014 /
Douglas fir, mahogany and graphite /
8 x 45 x 7 in. (20.3 x 114.3 x 17.8 cm)

Ben Jackel /
Pauldron Vambrace, 2015 /
stoneware, beeswax, walnut, and brass /
2 pieces, overall: 56 x 59 x 12 in. (142.2 x 149.9 x 30.5 cm)

Ben Jackel /
Legacy, 2015 /
Douglas fir and graphite /
70 x 84 x 32 in. (177.8 x 213.4 x 81.3 cm)

18 Feb - 28 Mar 2015

artist profile

press release

Selected article

Donohue, Marlena. "Ben Jackel."
ArtScene, Vol. 34, no. 6, February 2015: 11-12.
full article, PDF

Artist conversation video