{"id":22814,"date":"2020-11-18T19:59:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T18:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/?p=22814"},"modified":"2020-11-19T21:15:37","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T21:15:37","slug":"julia-benz-reflecting-on-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/en\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-reflecting-on-painting\/","title":{"rendered":"JULIA BENZ: Reflecting (on) painting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>\u201cThe finished canvas [&#8230;] is the match won. But it does not mean that you stop. After all, a basketball player doesn\u2019t stop after a game he has won, it\u2019s all about the league, isn\u2019t it?\u201d <\/em><\/p><cite>\u2013Julia Benz<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Just let it happen <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMany things cannot be planned at all. It would be such a pity if you planned everything instead of just letting it happen and look \u2018Oh, what is there\u2019? Not having to control everything while I\u2019m painting gives me the freedom to react to what\u2019s happening\u201d, says Julia Benz. Looking at her work, it quickly becomes clear that she remains true to this credo of \u2018just let it happen\u2019. Trained at the Academy of Arts in D\u00fcsseldorf and the University of Arts in Berlin, her works were initially partly figurative, while large colour fields \u2013 in an interplay of figuration and abstraction \u2013 fill the background. Today, however, the artist works abstract. Since the end of 2017 she has completely dispensed with figurative painting. Instead, the colours have emancipated themselves as independent actors \u2013 just like she herself. \u201cWhen I started studying painting in D\u00fcsseldorf, everything around me was figurative. A must, I thought. But my strength has always been abstraction. It took me years to get out of it. But on the other hand, I wouldn\u2019t want to miss that time either. It was always very important for me to know that I could paint everything, so that I could then decide for myself what I wanted to paint\u201d, says the artist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz-martinpoetter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz-martinpoetter-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"22940\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz-martinpoetter.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/?attachment_id=22940\" class=\"wp-image-22940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz-martinpoetter-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz-martinpoetter-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz-martinpoetter-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz-martinpoetter-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz-martinpoetter-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz-martinpoetter-1600x1067.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz-martinpoetter-905x603.jpg 905w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz-martinpoetter-1320x880.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Julia Benz \u00a9Martin P\u00f6tter<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The struggle between shapes, colours and speeds<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet colours are what make her work special: young, colourful, dynamic, courageous and bold. But it is not about colours alone, rather the colours are in a permanent exchange and tension with the picture-inherent forms. \u201cThe one would not be enough without the other or would not be equally strong. It is precisely the clash and the struggle between forms and colours, between the contrasts and the different radius in the movements and speeds that is really interesting for me\u201d, says the artist. Thus, the factor of time also plays an essential role in her works, and this on several levels. While the gestural forms and brushstrokes are very fast, the clear straight form \u2013 \u201cactually the most boring part of the picture\u201d \u2013 takes the longest. And these different speeds, the slow, the fast, the planned and the gestural spontaneity or even the mistakes that can happen, this interaction is what characterises painting for Julia Benz \u2013 \u201cthat is what is alive in the works for me or what is annoying or creates depth.\u201d The artist explains: \u201cIf you want to paint a snowy landscape, for example, it is not just a matter of painting a white canvas. It is also about painting everything that lies under the snow, everything that is hidden. After all, this is the carrier of the snow, it gives the snow its structure.\u201d And she continues: \u201cI can say something, but the question is, how do I say it? What is behind it? And that, I think, is actually the interesting thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz_Notion-II-acrylic-oil-aerosol-on-canvas-80x60cm-2018_Low-Res.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"776\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz_Notion-II-acrylic-oil-aerosol-on-canvas-80x60cm-2018_Low-Res-776x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"22927\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz_Notion-II-acrylic-oil-aerosol-on-canvas-80x60cm-2018_Low-Res.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/?attachment_id=22927\" class=\"wp-image-22927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz_Notion-II-acrylic-oil-aerosol-on-canvas-80x60cm-2018_Low-Res-776x1024.jpg 776w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz_Notion-II-acrylic-oil-aerosol-on-canvas-80x60cm-2018_Low-Res-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz_Notion-II-acrylic-oil-aerosol-on-canvas-80x60cm-2018_Low-Res-768x1014.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz_Notion-II-acrylic-oil-aerosol-on-canvas-80x60cm-2018_Low-Res-1164x1536.jpg 1164w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz_Notion-II-acrylic-oil-aerosol-on-canvas-80x60cm-2018_Low-Res-1552x2048.jpg 1552w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz_Notion-II-acrylic-oil-aerosol-on-canvas-80x60cm-2018_Low-Res-1600x2112.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz_Notion-II-acrylic-oil-aerosol-on-canvas-80x60cm-2018_Low-Res-905x1195.jpg 905w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz_Notion-II-acrylic-oil-aerosol-on-canvas-80x60cm-2018_Low-Res-1320x1742.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 776px) 100vw, 776px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Julia Benz, Notion II, 2018, acrylic, oil and aerosol on canvas, 80x60cm \u00a9Julia Benz<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Sweet-and-Sweaty-2019-Acryl-Ink-Aerosol-on-Canvas-160-x-120-cm-JB0195-5.600-E.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Sweet-and-Sweaty-2019-Acryl-Ink-Aerosol-on-Canvas-160-x-120-cm-JB0195-5.600-E-760x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"22928\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Sweet-and-Sweaty-2019-Acryl-Ink-Aerosol-on-Canvas-160-x-120-cm-JB0195-5.600-E.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/?attachment_id=22928\" class=\"wp-image-22928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Sweet-and-Sweaty-2019-Acryl-Ink-Aerosol-on-Canvas-160-x-120-cm-JB0195-5.600-E-760x1024.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Sweet-and-Sweaty-2019-Acryl-Ink-Aerosol-on-Canvas-160-x-120-cm-JB0195-5.600-E-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Sweet-and-Sweaty-2019-Acryl-Ink-Aerosol-on-Canvas-160-x-120-cm-JB0195-5.600-E-768x1034.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Sweet-and-Sweaty-2019-Acryl-Ink-Aerosol-on-Canvas-160-x-120-cm-JB0195-5.600-E-1140x1536.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Sweet-and-Sweaty-2019-Acryl-Ink-Aerosol-on-Canvas-160-x-120-cm-JB0195-5.600-E-1521x2048.jpg 1521w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Sweet-and-Sweaty-2019-Acryl-Ink-Aerosol-on-Canvas-160-x-120-cm-JB0195-5.600-E-1600x2155.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Sweet-and-Sweaty-2019-Acryl-Ink-Aerosol-on-Canvas-160-x-120-cm-JB0195-5.600-E-905x1219.jpg 905w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Sweet-and-Sweaty-2019-Acryl-Ink-Aerosol-on-Canvas-160-x-120-cm-JB0195-5.600-E-1320x1778.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Julia Benz, Sweet and Sweaty, 2019, Acryl, Ink and Aerosol on Canvas, 160 x 120 cm \u00a9Julia Benz<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Count-to-Ten-II-2019-Acryl-Ink-Aerosol-on-Canvas-160-x-120-cm-JB0196.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Count-to-Ten-II-2019-Acryl-Ink-Aerosol-on-Canvas-160-x-120-cm-JB0196-756x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"22929\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Count-to-Ten-II-2019-Acryl-Ink-Aerosol-on-Canvas-160-x-120-cm-JB0196.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/?attachment_id=22929\" class=\"wp-image-22929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Count-to-Ten-II-2019-Acryl-Ink-Aerosol-on-Canvas-160-x-120-cm-JB0196-756x1024.jpg 756w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Count-to-Ten-II-2019-Acryl-Ink-Aerosol-on-Canvas-160-x-120-cm-JB0196-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Count-to-Ten-II-2019-Acryl-Ink-Aerosol-on-Canvas-160-x-120-cm-JB0196-768x1040.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Count-to-Ten-II-2019-Acryl-Ink-Aerosol-on-Canvas-160-x-120-cm-JB0196-1135x1536.jpg 1135w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Count-to-Ten-II-2019-Acryl-Ink-Aerosol-on-Canvas-160-x-120-cm-JB0196-1513x2048.jpg 1513w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Count-to-Ten-II-2019-Acryl-Ink-Aerosol-on-Canvas-160-x-120-cm-JB0196-1600x2166.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Count-to-Ten-II-2019-Acryl-Ink-Aerosol-on-Canvas-160-x-120-cm-JB0196-905x1225.jpg 905w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Count-to-Ten-II-2019-Acryl-Ink-Aerosol-on-Canvas-160-x-120-cm-JB0196-1320x1787.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Julia Benz, Count to Ten II, 2019 Acryl, Ink and Aerosol on Canvas, 160 x 120 cm \u00a9Julia Benz<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz_Notion-I-acrylic-ink-aerosol-on-canvas-80x60cm-2018_Low-Res.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"762\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz_Notion-I-acrylic-ink-aerosol-on-canvas-80x60cm-2018_Low-Res-762x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"22930\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz_Notion-I-acrylic-ink-aerosol-on-canvas-80x60cm-2018_Low-Res.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/?attachment_id=22930\" class=\"wp-image-22930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz_Notion-I-acrylic-ink-aerosol-on-canvas-80x60cm-2018_Low-Res-762x1024.jpg 762w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz_Notion-I-acrylic-ink-aerosol-on-canvas-80x60cm-2018_Low-Res-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz_Notion-I-acrylic-ink-aerosol-on-canvas-80x60cm-2018_Low-Res-768x1033.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz_Notion-I-acrylic-ink-aerosol-on-canvas-80x60cm-2018_Low-Res-1142x1536.jpg 1142w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz_Notion-I-acrylic-ink-aerosol-on-canvas-80x60cm-2018_Low-Res-1523x2048.jpg 1523w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz_Notion-I-acrylic-ink-aerosol-on-canvas-80x60cm-2018_Low-Res-1600x2151.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz_Notion-I-acrylic-ink-aerosol-on-canvas-80x60cm-2018_Low-Res-905x1217.jpg 905w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Julia-Benz_Notion-I-acrylic-ink-aerosol-on-canvas-80x60cm-2018_Low-Res-1320x1775.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Julia Benz, Notion I, 2018, acrylic, ink and aerosol on canvas, 80x60cm \u00a9Julia Benz<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The dispute with the canvas is essential<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thus the work process is permanently present in the painting. It is an elementary part of the work \u2013 sometimes it is obvious, sometimes it can only be guessed at. It is always a negotiation process between intuition and conscious control, chaos and order, action and reaction. \u201cIn the beginning, when I stand in front of the white canvas, I play around, have fun, pour paint and do all kinds of things. Unbiased. Playful. Free. Maybe I have a colour concept, but I work intuitively\u201d, says the artist. At a certain point, however, the head comes into play. And the planning. The steering. And the decision. \u201cMost of the time I\u2019m faced with a huge colour chaos and I look \u2018Okay, where are we both going?\u2019 This is the moment of decision. Maybe the canvas already tells me in which direction to go. But not always. Sometimes the way is easy, sometimes very complicated. But this process is always the most important thing for me: the dispute with the canvas.\u201d The term \u201cdispute\u201d already suggests that it is not always a pleasant matter. Not always pleasant, but necessary. \u201cSometimes I stand in the studio and think \u2018Oh, it\u2019s so hard. I\u2019ve been doing this for a few years now, but it\u2019s never easy to do a painting\u2019.\u201d But this challenge can also be seen as a motor. As a motor and an incentive to take up the challenge and ultimately overcome it. \u201cThe finished canvas is salvation. So this is the match won. But it does not mean that you stop. After all, a basketball player doesn\u2019t stop after a game he has won, it\u2019s all about the league, isn\u2019t it?\u201d, laughs the artist. Ambitious words of an ambitious but nevertheless modest artist who lives painting. Courageous. And curious at the same time. But once Julia Benz has made a decision, she notices quite quickly when a painting is finished. \u201cAt some point almost everything has been said in essence and then it\u2019s just a question of \u2018how far do I want to underline it or to what extent is it actually enough?\u2019 And often it\u2019s like this: if I think I could do something there again or there \u2013 but it wouldn\u2019t change anything in essence \u2013 then I can stop. Then it is finished, then everything is said.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Julia Benz | In Progress\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/288986984?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/288986984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Julia Benz | In Progress<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/JuliaBenz_smooth-operator_acrylicinkaerosol-oncanvas200x150cm2020_loRes_001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/JuliaBenz_smooth-operator_acrylicinkaerosol-oncanvas200x150cm2020_loRes_001-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Julia Benz, &quot;Smooth Operator&quot;, acrylic, ink, aerosol on canvas, 150 x 200 cm, 2020 \u00a9Julia Benz\" data-id=\"22790\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/JuliaBenz_smooth-operator_acrylicinkaerosol-oncanvas200x150cm2020_loRes_001.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/?attachment_id=22790\" class=\"wp-image-22790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/JuliaBenz_smooth-operator_acrylicinkaerosol-oncanvas200x150cm2020_loRes_001-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/JuliaBenz_smooth-operator_acrylicinkaerosol-oncanvas200x150cm2020_loRes_001-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/JuliaBenz_smooth-operator_acrylicinkaerosol-oncanvas200x150cm2020_loRes_001-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/JuliaBenz_smooth-operator_acrylicinkaerosol-oncanvas200x150cm2020_loRes_001-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/JuliaBenz_smooth-operator_acrylicinkaerosol-oncanvas200x150cm2020_loRes_001-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/JuliaBenz_smooth-operator_acrylicinkaerosol-oncanvas200x150cm2020_loRes_001-1600x1200.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/JuliaBenz_smooth-operator_acrylicinkaerosol-oncanvas200x150cm2020_loRes_001-905x679.jpg 905w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/JuliaBenz_smooth-operator_acrylicinkaerosol-oncanvas200x150cm2020_loRes_001-1320x990.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Julia Benz, &#8220;Smooth Operator&#8221;, acrylic, ink, aerosol on canvas, 150 x 200 cm, 2020 \u00a9Julia Benz<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Feel the painting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nevertheless, apart from the colour theme, her works do not per se have a specific content or statement \u2013 \u201ceven if we humans like it if things are always given to us. But that is not my intention at all\u201d, replies the artist. Rather, Julia Benz consciously leaves room for the recipient\u2019s own thoughts, feelings and associations. And she adds: \u201cFor me personally, it is like this: I can feel what I see. I react physically to what I paint. And if it\u2019s just banal things like \u2018this is so beautiful, it makes me happy or it bothers me\u2019. But in the end everything dissolves into harmony or order for me. So the chaos I create for myself I clean up when I paint.\u201d And it is in this context that music comes into play. Because music plays a central role for Julia Benz. It is the motor, catalyst of feelings and at the same time a mood-setter. Thus, a studio day without music is unthinkable for the artist, it actively guides the work process and helps her to lose herself completely in painting. Her playlist, which runs all day long, is humorously called \u201cBenzi\u2019s Best\u201d and may be an explanation why her works are often named after song titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When there is no need to do it <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The best moments are those when the hands, eyes and mind switch to autopilot and work almost by themselves. But it can take several hours to get there. \u201cSo when I know I have something to do at four o\u2019clock in the afternoon, then sometimes I don\u2019t even need to go to the studio, because I know I don\u2019t have enough freedom in terms of time. Sometimes it takes hours. The good moments usually start at 16h, 17h or 18h in the evening. So I do things before that, but the really good stuff happens after six hours, when the need to do them dissappears. Maybe when you\u2019re a little too tired to think too much\u201d, says Julia Benz. So the desirable state for her is the one where she no longer sticks strictly to concepts and ideas, but lets herself be guided by her intuition. And also consciously accepts mistakes, impassability or chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-catharsis-ii-2019-100-cm-x-120-cm-39.4x47.2-acrylic-ink-aerosol-on-canvas-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-catharsis-ii-2019-100-cm-x-120-cm-39.4x47.2-acrylic-ink-aerosol-on-canvas-web-1024x854.jpg\" alt=\"Julia Benz, Catharsis II, acrylic, oil, aerosol on canvas, 100 x 120 cm, 2019 \u00a9Julia Benz\" data-id=\"22804\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-catharsis-ii-2019-100-cm-x-120-cm-39.4x47.2-acrylic-ink-aerosol-on-canvas-web.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/?attachment_id=22804\" class=\"wp-image-22804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-catharsis-ii-2019-100-cm-x-120-cm-39.4x47.2-acrylic-ink-aerosol-on-canvas-web-1024x854.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-catharsis-ii-2019-100-cm-x-120-cm-39.4x47.2-acrylic-ink-aerosol-on-canvas-web-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-catharsis-ii-2019-100-cm-x-120-cm-39.4x47.2-acrylic-ink-aerosol-on-canvas-web-768x640.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-catharsis-ii-2019-100-cm-x-120-cm-39.4x47.2-acrylic-ink-aerosol-on-canvas-web-1536x1281.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-catharsis-ii-2019-100-cm-x-120-cm-39.4x47.2-acrylic-ink-aerosol-on-canvas-web-1600x1334.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-catharsis-ii-2019-100-cm-x-120-cm-39.4x47.2-acrylic-ink-aerosol-on-canvas-web-905x755.jpg 905w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-catharsis-ii-2019-100-cm-x-120-cm-39.4x47.2-acrylic-ink-aerosol-on-canvas-web-1320x1101.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-catharsis-ii-2019-100-cm-x-120-cm-39.4x47.2-acrylic-ink-aerosol-on-canvas-web.jpg 1873w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Julia Benz, Catharsis II, acrylic, oil, aerosol on canvas, 100 x 120 cm, 2019 \u00a9Julia Benz<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A question of size<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Julia Benz\u2019 common working materials include acrylic paints, coloured ink and acrylic spray can, but the respective carrier media vary greatly. Thus her artistic spectrum ranges from works on paper to canvases, 3-dimensional installations and large-scale wall paintings, so-called murals. The latter she has already left behind all over the world in the context of various programmes and cooperations \u2013 among others, the \u201cYalla Khartoum\u201d realised in Sudan or the \u201cFestival Concreto\u201d in Fortaleza, Brazil; both in cooperation with the Goethe Institute. What attracts her to murals is above all one thing: the format. \u201cFirst of all, I am a painter \u2013 whether I do it on a wall, on a canvas or on paper, it doesn\u2019t really matter. [But of course, in a certain way] I am also living a kind of hybrid existence. On the one hand, in the street art or urban art scene, I am considered the painter who studied art. I am an outsider there, but I also have my unique selling point. And in the classical art scene I am an outsider, because I do urban art or street art or paint walls. It is both a curse and a blessing not to really belong anywhere properly. On the other hand, I also enjoy the fact that I can\u2019t be properly assigned and that I can allow myself almost anything. So I can paint everywhere.\u201d It becomes interesting for her, above all, when the whole body is used for painting. When not only the wrist or forearm is used to draw a line, but the whole body. \u201cI love large formats and especially this physical aspect, when it really becomes a feat! I really like that a lot. I would like to paint much more in large format\u201d, the artist remarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muralfestivalconcreto_lowres_014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"982\" height=\"1473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muralfestivalconcreto_lowres_014.jpg\" alt=\"Azul, Mural in Fortaleza, Brazil, Festival Concreto 2019 \u00a9Julia Benz\" data-id=\"22799\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muralfestivalconcreto_lowres_014.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/?attachment_id=22799\" class=\"wp-image-22799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muralfestivalconcreto_lowres_014.jpg 982w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muralfestivalconcreto_lowres_014-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muralfestivalconcreto_lowres_014-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muralfestivalconcreto_lowres_014-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/muralfestivalconcreto_lowres_014-905x1358.jpg 905w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 982px) 100vw, 982px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Azul, Mural in Fortaleza, Brazil, Festival Concreto 2019 \u00a9Julia Benz<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Antonym dimension: The breaking of space and dimensions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With her preference for large formats in mind, it may be a natural step and a logical development that the artist has been experimenting with a further dimension for several years, constantly facing new challenges: What is meant are 3-dimensional installations. \u201cSo the break in painting was a theme for me early on, that is, to perceive painting differently, to play with it. Not only that a painting can suck you in or repel you, but to feel painting.\u201d The current series of works \u201cAntonymdimension\u201d is intended to do just that: play with perception, break dimensions, question (visual) levels. \u201cI feel challenged when composing in several dimensions. When it becomes bigger than I am and I have no idea at the beginning how I am going to do it at all, then I am into it. Simple is kind of stupid.\u201d At the same time, the series of works is about turning one\u2019s back on the two-dimensionality of painting and the normative pictorial levels associated with it, and looking where the path can still lead. You get an idea of this when you visit the new design hotel \u201cUrban Loft\u201d in Cologne, for which she designed a site-specific window installation. The installation consists of five geometric Plexiglass panels painted on both sides, which take the viewer on a journey into the world of colours and turn both the interior and exterior in a colourful light. The panels are supported by geometric shapes made of colourful dichroic film, which are attached to the window panes. Depending on the lighting conditions, the observer\u2019s point of view and the movement of the Plexiglas panels, the sensory and work impression varies. Reflections, cast shadows, viewers, passers-by, interior and exterior space \u2013 everything becomes an integral part of the work without being able to control it deliberately. And this is exactly what makes this work so attractive. \u201cFor me, \u2018antonym dimension\u2019 means a multi-dimension. What is really exciting for me is that you connect inside and outside through the reflection and that painting mixes with what happens outside. When people pass by, they become part of this work\u201d, says Julia Benz. And this may be a logical consequence of previous considerations and efforts. In a way, the window installation can be seen as a link and artistic parenthesis between her outdoor murals and the indoor paintings. Nevertheless, she goes one step further with her work series, as she leaves the square format \u2013 another step towards artistic emancipation. It is interesting to note that an offshoot of this liberation movement can now also be found in her canvas works. Through the practice of so-called \u201cwhite-painting\u201d she deprives the canvas of its square shape and selectively breaks up certain areas of the painting. Erases them. \u201cWhen these works hang in front of the white wall, the white mixes with the white of the wall and then only the painting counts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urban-loft-koeln_4080.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urban-loft-koeln_4080-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"22937\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urban-loft-koeln_4080.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/?attachment_id=22937\" class=\"wp-image-22937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urban-loft-koeln_4080-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urban-loft-koeln_4080-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urban-loft-koeln_4080-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urban-loft-koeln_4080-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urban-loft-koeln_4080-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urban-loft-koeln_4080-1600x1200.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urban-loft-koeln_4080-905x679.jpg 905w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urban-loft-koeln_4080-1320x990.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Julia Benz, Urban Loft K\u00f6ln, 2020 \u00a9Julia Benz<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urban-loft-koeln_9101-2-768x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urban-loft-koeln_9101-2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"22939\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/?attachment_id=22939\" class=\"wp-image-22939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urban-loft-koeln_9101-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, 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href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urbanloft-koeln-102020-2485-2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urbanloft-koeln-102020-2485-2-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"22966\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urbanloft-koeln-102020-2485-2-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-malerei-reflektieren\/julia-benz-urban-loft-koeln-oct-2020-bart-v-kersavond-27\/\" class=\"wp-image-22966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urbanloft-koeln-102020-2485-2-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urbanloft-koeln-102020-2485-2-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urbanloft-koeln-102020-2485-2-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urbanloft-koeln-102020-2485-2-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urbanloft-koeln-102020-2485-2-1-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urbanloft-koeln-102020-2485-2-1-905x1358.jpg 905w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urbanloft-koeln-102020-2485-2-1-1320x1980.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urbanloft-koeln-102020-2485-2-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Julia Benz, Urban Loft K\u00f6ln, Oct 2020 \u00a9Bart v Kersavond<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It will be interesting to see where and in what dimension the pulsating colour world of Julia Benz will progress the coming years. Which medium she will use and in which formal language she will address us. Friendly, but nevertheless impulsive and demanding. But one thing is quite certain: the artist will not be satisfied with winning a few games \u2013 after all, it\u2019s all about the league.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Julia Benz\u2019 works are currently on display at the \u201cUrban Loft Cologne\u201d (01.10.2020 &#8211; 31.01.2021) and at the \u201cFousion Gallery\u201d in Barcelona (01.10. &#8211; 20.11.2010). The exhibition project \u201cSudan Moves\u201d, in which she is also involved, will start in November 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urbanloft-koeln-102020-1692-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urbanloft-koeln-102020-1692-3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"22961\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urbanloft-koeln-102020-1692-3.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-malerei-reflektieren\/julia-benz-urban-loft-koeln-oct-2020-bart-v-kersavond-25\/\" class=\"wp-image-22961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urbanloft-koeln-102020-1692-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urbanloft-koeln-102020-1692-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urbanloft-koeln-102020-1692-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urbanloft-koeln-102020-1692-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urbanloft-koeln-102020-1692-3-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urbanloft-koeln-102020-1692-3-1600x1067.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urbanloft-koeln-102020-1692-3-905x603.jpg 905w, https:\/\/www.urbanpresents.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/julia-benz-urbanloft-koeln-102020-1692-3-1320x880.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Julia Benz, Urban Loft K\u00f6ln, Oct 2020 \u00a9Bart v Kersavond<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/juliabenz.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">juliabenz.de<\/a> <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/benzpainting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">instagram.com\/benzpainting<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe finished canvas [&#8230;] is the match won. But it does not mean that you stop. After all, a basketball player doesn\u2019t stop after a game he has won, it\u2019s all about the league, isn\u2019t it?\u201d \u2013Julia Benz Just let it happen \u201cMany things cannot be planned at all. 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