Ben Robinson

Ben Robinson

‘Public Holidays (Maldoror)’ is a silkscreen print of the Dundee University library ticket for Ben’s favourite book, Maldoror by the Comte de Lautréamont. The print can be put to use either by cropping and using it as a bookmark, or by displaying it as a calendar to display the dates of these appointed “public holidays”. The object marks an essentially private experience by entering it into the public space.

Robinson’s intention with his art practice has been to create objects and installations that posit a variety of alternative belief systems. The work employs an obscure strategy of camp and deadpan humour to invoke the strange and the marvellous. Robinson regards his practice in general as being a form of collage, bringing together seemingly incongruous elements to create new meanings. Art happens from what would previously be dismissed.

Robinson graduated from Dundee’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in 2004 with a degree in fine art. In 2007 he completed the Master’s course in design. Robinson is now a member of the editorial team at Yuck ‘n Yum, Scotland’s premier art zine.