February 15 — March 21, 2020 | Opening Reception: Saturday, February 15 | 5-8pm
House of Hours
by Benjamin Asam Kellogg
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Benjamin Asam Kellogg (b. Long Island, NY, 1991) attended The Cooper Union. His work draws from the architectural and symbolic history of an elite and secretive class, borrowing from the crests, engravings, and cryptic ornamentation of facades. Kellogg applies the logic and vernacular of the semiotician, following tenuous but poetic connections between the entertain-ment industry, religious or occult institutions, and political organizations. Whether or not a particular connection can be proven is secondary to the kernel of truth that lies in the impulse to seek it. At the heart of this practice is a longing, or a prayer, for an essential truth that may never be told. Kellogg is currently based in New York and has shown there in addition to Germany, London, France, Japan, and Italy. This is his first solo exhibition in Los Angeles.


Tree of Eternal Afterlife, 2020.
Venetian plaster, gold leaf and acrylic paint on canvas
Venetian plaster, gold leaf and acrylic paint on canvas

Stone bowl, candles, water, ink on wood pedestal




Philosophical Key, 2020.
Gold leaf, brass
Gold leaf, brass



Venetian plaster, gold leaf, wood on paving brick

Pavilion of Light, 2020. Detail
Venetian plaster, gold leaf, acrylic paint, wood on paving brick
Venetian plaster, gold leaf, acrylic paint, wood on paving brick

Venetian plaster, gold leaf, wood on paving brick

Woven tapestry

Temple of Hours Cloister Vista Triptych (Day), 2020. Detail
Woven tapestry

Temple of Hours Cloister Vista Triptych (Day), 2020. Detail
Woven tapestry

Temple of Hours Cloister Vista Triptych (Night), 2020.
Woven tapestry
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Woven tapestry

Temple of Hours Cloister Vista Triptych (Night), 2020. Detail
Woven tapestry
Woven tapestry

Temple of Hours Cloister Vista Triptych (Night), 2020. Detail
Woven tapestry
Woven tapestry