Reconnaissance Devices (drawings) A man in a rumpled suit runs to – or from – something unseen. Another man glances at his cell phone, unaware of what lies at his feet. A young woman fidgets, staring over her shoulder, reaching out one hand. These are a few of the figures in Ben Roosevelt’s series of lonely, mysterious drawings. — Debra Wolf, excerpt from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Ben Roosevelt is another artist whose work—beautiful drawings of figures floating in the paper's white space—is new to me. There's a sense of something happening here that's not exactly clear, maybe even threatening. The work looks completely contemporary and fresh, as if the figures have been plucked from off the street. — Libby Rosof, excerpt from The Artblog Ben Roosevelt draws smallish pictures of people suffering from intense exhaustion. They fight their lives and what has become of them, but are not on the winning side. However, there is nothing here of surrender. Rather his populace has simply accepted the fact that their next step could well be their last and so they just shut down. What is so dynamic about this work is that unlike much new drawing, it features no elements of fantasy but is situated in the here and now. — R.B. Strauss, excerpt from University City
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