Christina van der Merwe & Ben K. Voss

"City

The ancient forest

pushes into the city,

but the forest

is in the sea.

There are arrows in the air,

and warriors lost

in the branches

of coral.

Over the new houses

a grove of holm oaks is stirring

and the sky

has enormous crystal curves"

—Federico García Lorca

Long Play Contemporary presents new works of sculpture and painting by New York based artists Christina van der Merwe & Ben K. Voss.

Christina van der Merwe (b. 1984, Pretoria, South Africa, lives and works in New York, NY) Solo and two-person exhibitions include Untuning the Sky, Clark Island, Maine (2022); Calendar, Maake Projects, State College, PA (2021); Painting on a Porch, 57w57 Arts, Wilton, CT (2020). Group exhibitions include Jung Lovers, Soloway, Brooklyn, NY (2022); Behind the Times, Chapter 5, online, (2020); Biophilia, Unpaved Gallery, Yucca Valley, CA (2019). Her work has been published in ArtMaze, Issue 16, curated by Scott Ogden, Shrine, NYC.

Ben K. Voss (b. 1980, Sinking Spring, PA, lives and works in New York, NY) received a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and is currently a MFA candidate at Hunter College (New York). Solo and two-person exhibitions include Ben K. Voss: Springs, Sperling (Office), Munich, Germany (2024); Ripple, Karissa Kendricks & Ben K. Voss, Rumpelstiltskin, New York, NY (2024); Meeting, Al Svoboda & Ben K. Voss, Weatherproof, Chicago, IL (2023); Community, Left Field Gallery, Los Osos, CA (2022); Rosetta, Gazebo, Brooklyn, NY (2019); Paintings, 57W57 Arts, New York, NY, (2018). Recent publications include Springs published by Mark Pezinger, (Vienna) and Imprints with Midge Wattles published by Chateau International (London).