Ben Grasso at Kinkead Contemporary

My solo show will be on view through December 20th, 2008.

Missing Paintings Discovered... and Not Returned

About a year ago I shipped two paintings through DHL. At the time i couldn't afford the insurance and decided to take a risk. The paintings went missing for a few months and DHL unapologetically told me there was nothing I could do. Mysteriously, the paintings reappeared on the internet being auctioned off on an ebay rip-off auction site called "bidtopia." the company selling them was called "bargainland." How bargainland obtained my work is unclear. How DHL did not know these were my paintings is also a mystery as my named is clearly printed on the back of the canvases... so any idiot could verify their authorship.

After a few weeks of talking to both DHL and Bargainland, I was finally told the matter was somehow out of both entity's metaphorical hands.

I really like when things go smoothly for corporations. And this was one of those moments that makes me feel warm; I love the idea that something I made can be stolen, sold and resold and that there is nothing I can do about it.

Anybody know a good lawyer?

California Residency on Halloween

I just found a really big female black widow spider. She lives inches from where my toes go when i shower. I found her after
I was finished rinsing the soap out of my eyes.

Studio

This is my temporary studio.

Palette

I built this with an old door and two sheets of glass. There is white paper in between.