THE MYTH OF THE SUBMARINE BY BEN COCKETT
THE MYTH OF THE SUBMARINE BY BEN COCKETT
Oil on canvas, 2017
‘The Myth Of The Submarine,’ is a painting based on the distant memory of the artist, Ben
Cockett, spotting a fast moving periscope, presumably from a military submarine, from the
beach at Dungeness, Kent. He explores the event in the language of post- war abstract
painting with particular reference to Jackson Pollock and Franz Klein; the momentum of the
reflection developing into a homage to the profound loss of life, suffered by submariners
during the war years.
Dimensions: H 100cm x W 120cm
About the artist: Ben Cockett is an artist living and working in Vauxhall, South Central London, making semi-abstract paintings in oil on linen. He completed his Meister-schuhler at Dusseldorf Academy
in 1996 under professor Janis Kounellis, having been awarded the D.A.A.D. Stipendium for
two years as well as a B.A Honours from The Slade School of Art, London in 1991. In 1993
he had his first solo exhibition at Galerie Weber; Munster, Germany and on his return to the
U.K. was selected to exhibit two paintings in ‘Fraternise,’ at Beaconsfield Gallery; Vauxhall
in 2011, alongside the leading British artists of his generation. His vividly coloured paintings
celebrate personal memories and dreams through deeply considered painterly gestures,
referencing the legacy of post war painting from Pollock to Johns to Richter.