REVIEWS ABOUT THE WORK OF
Laura
BenAmots
“Crack
open Eros on Canvas
and enjoy the yummy,
creamy, sweet and salty, sensual poetry of thick paint
well spread.
Satisfying ingredients include uninhibited
close-ups, interracial lovemaking, and a skilled
woman’s touch.
You’ll want to savor it’s pages slowly like when eating
three scoops of Vanilla Swiss Almond ice cream drenched
with
hot chocolate sauce.”
-Annie Sprinkle,
Ph.D.
Sex Worker turned
Artist/Sexologist
Another worthwhile project on behalf of a very
worthy artist....
Kudos amigo.
-Gerry Riggs, Independent
Curator/Artist/Former Director and Founder of The Gallery
of Contemporary Art UCCS
“BenAmots’ paintings draw from (a)
reserve of quality and skill…
Her paintings, though unlike Schiele’s, probe the depths of
the emotional content of life’s most secret subject and
studies the juncture where
aesthetic beauty becomes overwhelmed by the moral value (or
lack thereof).
…the ease and elegance with which these paintings are
produced is
humbling. The line quality alone is a joy to see. Color
usage is generally
composed of warm pinks and peaches, bright bloody reds and
purples, with contrasting touches of black… The
brushstrokes are highly energetic, sketchy, and at times
fragile despite their ostensible strength, which is the
perfect vehicle to investigate and communicate the
sensitivities of
the subject matter… simultaneously energetic and
fragile.
A sophisticated abstract quality of the images lies just
below the realistic representations.
-Jay B. Miller Mayor’s
Arts commision
Colorado Springs Arts
Counsel
Educational Director BAC
Manitou Springs
Formerly of Cincinatti
Museum of Art
“Great Show. Powerful!”
Craig Cantrell, artist,
Business of Art Center
“Brilliant
work to start a dreamy sensual summer!”
-installation artist,
DeLane
“Wonderful!”
-Guillermo, Cucuru
Gallery
“PAINT IS
ALIVE AGAIN!”
-Spika & Sarah,
artists
“Your show
is inspiring and NEEDED.”
-Aaron Retka, Bon Vivant
magazine
ANONYMOUS
QUOTES
“Absolutely ballsy, beautiful and
breath taking...
Thank you for revealing the beauty of intimacy....
...love your work...
it excites us from head to toe....”
It was a little startling coming
through...
but GREAT WORK!
I walked in the room and said
“wow!”
Absolutely incredible work. Very touching, very real, thank
you!
Stunning and real...
great dynamic. yet a soft touch in the colors. wow!
Very touching in a truly human way...
refreshing and powerful.
....unlocking the erotic in a very approachable and
beautiful way.
...put me in a great place of
mind....love of people
Anyone who doesn’t appreciate this
exhibition (or book)
hasn’t had good sex!
FROM THE PORN
INDUSTRY
“I’d Hang These Paintings on My
Wall!”
-Marilyn
Chambers
“The brush strokes and colors give it an intense
feel.”
-Georgina
Spelvin
“Some of these paintings makes me want to jump right
in. Lauras got the human form just right. I like the angles
and perspective too.”
-Amber Lynn
“The world needs more exotic art. These are beautiful
images in paint.
-Kay Parker
“I don’t know much about art, but I do about
sex.
The mouths, vaginas, assholes, penisis, Love it all!”
-Alexa
Rae
“This is almost as good as watching Porn!”
-Sharon
Mitchell
EXCERPTS FROM AN ESSAY
PERTAINING TO EROS EXHIBIT
“Like Mapplethorpe’s X, Y, and Z
Portfolios, this exhibit is separated into three rooms,
each of increasing depth as it relates to their internal
dialogue regarding human sexuality, each increasingly
graphic.
Note here that pornographic and obscene are not the same
thing. Obscene refers to imagery that has no redeeming
artistic value, and that is so obviously NOT the case here
that only someone completely unaware of the difference
could apply the word. Pornographic, on the other hand,
simply means sexually explicit, and these images are
certainly that.
BenAmot is not seeking the Platonic ideal. She is
investigating real bodies under the real pressures and
desires of private life with another. Her paintings are not
seeking the timeless and the perfect, they are trying to
understand the moment in time and the imperfections of
human desire.”
-Jay Miller
