Ben Young
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Ben Young is an Anglo-American artist based in London
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Young was born in Amersham, England, to an American mother and British father. His work draws in large part from graffiti and art informel to form a social commentary and visual analogue of the breakdown in hierarchies of perception in art, further blurring the perceived boundaries between so-called 'high-art' and more demotic art forms such as street art and graffiti.
Young received his MA Fine Art from Central St Martins in 2007
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Young was born in Amersham, England, to an American mother and British father. His work draws in large part from graffiti and art informel to form a social commentary and visual analogue of the breakdown in hierarchies of perception in art, further blurring the perceived boundaries between so-called 'high-art' and more demotic art forms such as street art and graffiti.
Young received his MA Fine Art from Central St Martins in 2007