What would you want a viewer to learn or take away from after experiencing your artwork?

The most obvious is to inform the viewer of the painting process through the use of time lapse video (i.e. to experience the physical act of building a painted image). It is also my hope that the viewer would experience painting in a fresh, new and exciting way, to put an end to the argument that painting is dead, and to prove that there is still a great many unexplored and exciting possibilities this medium has to offer.

What new artwork/s are you currently working on?

I am extremely excited about my current body of work. I recently broke out of my Euclidean prison and moved from a flat 2-D plane to a sculpted 3-D surface. My intention is to explore multiple dimensions simultaneously and combine physical movement with the illusionary effect of digital movement to heighten the viewer's perception of special depth. I refer to this work as "4-dimensional" since I'm addressing the three special dimensions as well as the dimension of time (time lapse video). To me this is the most logical step for my artistic development.

What would you order from a Japanese restaurant menu?

Water and breadsticks. I'm from the Midwest and my attempts to acquire a taste for raw fish didn't take.

Ben Marxen is an artist based in Brooklyn, NY.  To learn more about him, please visit: http://www.unitedcreators.com/BenMarxen.