Mark Bennett

MARK MOORE GALLERY IS PLEASED TO PRESENT THE WORK OF LOS ANGELES-BASED ARTIST MARK BENNETT, FROM DECEMBER 9, 1995 THROUGH JANUARY 14, 1996.

BENNETT HAS METICULOUSLY CREATED BLUEPRINT DRAWINGS OF THE APARTMENTS, OFFICES, HOMES AND LANDSCAPES OF AMERICAN TELEVISION SITUATION-COMEDIES, RANGING FROM THE ONE-ROOM APARTMENT OF ALICE & RALPH KRAMDEN (“THE HONEYMOONERS”),
THE VICTORIAN HOME OF GOMEZ & MORTICIA ADDAMS (“THE ADDAMS FAMILY”), PROFESSOR JOHN ROBINSON’S SPACESHIP (“LOST IN SPACE”), TO THE ENTIRE FLORA AND FAUNA OF “GILLIGAN’S ISLAND”.

MARK BENNETT HAS BEEN ACCUMULATING THE MINUTIAE OF INFORMATION RELATED TO OVER 45 SITUATION-COMEDIES SINCE THE AGE OF 11, AND WILL PRESENT ORIGINAL SKETCHES AND WORKS ON PAPER, ALONG WITH A SUITE OF TEN SPECIFIC BLUEPRINTS REALIZED AS ARCHIVAL LITHOGRAPHS (EDITION OF 20, EACH), PUBLISHED BY MARK MOORE GALLERY AND PRINTED BY EL NOPAL, LOS ANGELES.

BENNETT’S MARRIAGE OF THE COOL, DIAGRAMMATIC NATURE OF ARCHITECTURAL RENDERINGS WITH THE WARMTH AND PERSONAL EMOTION ASSOCIATED WITH SPECIFIC PROGRAMS FROM OUR RECENT COLLECTIVE PAST, CREATES A HYBRID ENTITY THAT SPEAKS TO ISSUES OF FAMILY STRUCTURE AS LIVED IN LIFE, VERSUS PORTRAYED ON THE SMALL SCREEN.