“Crushing Force” (2013)

Melted and crushed Stormtrooper helmed.

Signed and dated with black marker

10.5 x 10.5 x 12.5 cm. (4.1 x 4.1 x 4.9 Inch)

PROVENANCE
- Art Wars Gallery
- Scream Gallery, Mayfair, London
- Jamie Wood Collection, London

LITERATURE: Catalogue ‘ART WARS’ 2013, page 56 – 57.

Biography:

Ben Moore is a British artist and curator.

In 2006 he founded Art Below, a public art organisation that has become widely recognized for its innovative approach to promoting art and supporting emerging artists by showcasing their work on billboard space in the London Underground 'Turning Ad Space into Art Space’. Art Below continues to expand globally and has carried out public art exhibitions in cities including Tokyo, Berlin, New York and Los Angeles.

Ben Moore is also the founder and curator of Art Wars which he first established by curating 'one of the most epic, sell out, star studded group shows of our time' at London's Saatchi Gallery during Frieze Week in 2013.

20 artists including Damien Hirst, Alison Jackson, Joana Vasconcelos, Mat Collishaw and Antony Micallef were all given a stormtrooper helmet with the brief to ‘Turn the Dark into the Art'. It was a sell out success and attracted media attention worldwide. Since then Art Wars has sold out exhibitions in Miami, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Dubai and Gothenburg welcoming new artists to the fold including Anish Kapoor, Retna, Lauren Baker, Blek Le Rat, and Ben Eine.

The project has made millions in sales and made significant donations to its official charity partner Missing People who Ben Moore is a public ambassador for.