Mark Bennett
The Home of The Addams Family (The Addams Family), 2017
From "The Dream Homes" Blueprint Series
Archival pigment print on Hot Press Cotton Rag
24 x 36 inches
Gift of Amy Elkins

Mark Bennett's (b. 1956, Tennessee) whimsical works engage with pop culture and celebrity to an extreme degree. His blueprint lithographs of Baby Boom era sitcoms and popular television series depict the ultimate pairing of flight of fancy and stoical logic; the purely imaginary floor plans grounded by the dry format of an architect's design. His works are both pleasingly nostalgic and vaguely disconcerting in their premonition of a society obsessed by television and celebrity culture.