James Benning Movies

  • 2014
    US 41

    US 41

    US 41

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    A stretch of highway blanketed by snow becomes the stage for one accident after another in US 41, perhaps Benning’s first disaster movie, or a...

    US 41
  • 1976
    Chicago Loop

    Chicago Loop

    Chicago Loop

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    In three virtuosic sequences created entirely in-camera, Benning alternates contrary camera movements in a trio of Chicago locations with increasing...

    Chicago Loop
  • 2011
    After Warhol

    After Warhol

    After Warhol

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    I just a did a film with my ‘Acting Bad’ class called After Warhol, where we watched a few of the Warhol screen tests and then mimicked...

    After Warhol
  • 1974
    8½ x 11

    8½ x 11

    8½ x 11

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    "Benning's landscape works, with their meticulous, reverential compositions, have been located in the history of American realist painting and...

    8½ x 11
  • 2021
    In Process...

    In Process...

    In Process...

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    Video essay providing a brief introduction to the work of James Benning for his exhibition at neugerriemschneider.

    In Process...
  • 2020
    PLACE

    PLACE

    PLACE

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    James Benning’s PLACE is a multi-part work that deepens the artist’s longstanding engagement with marginalized artists and creators. Over...

    PLACE
  • 2016
    wavelength

    wavelength

    wavelength

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    A found footage remake of Michael Snow's Wavelength

    wavelength