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Most people know artist Ben Wilson for his thousands of miniature paintings on discarded pieces of chewing gum. Often carrying personal messages or meanings suggested by people he happens to meet, the ‘gum pics’ have amazed and delighted pedestrians since he began creating them in 2004.
Ben Wilson (born 1963) is an English wood carver and outsider artist. The son of an artist, Wilson grew up in a creative environment and attended art school. His distaste for industrial waste , cars and rubbish eventually turned into an art form.
Both his parents were artists and throughout his childhood he made things – from clay, bricks, wood or whatever was at hand. In his teens, both at home and at school, Ben began creating large wood sculptures: outsized human figures, still lifes, tables and chairs.
Ben Wilson’s miniature paintings on discarded chewing gum comprise his most well-known and celebrated body of work spanning almost two decades and numerous locations in Britain and beyond.
Lying on a footbridge spanning London's River Thames, Ben Wilson puts the final touches to his latest creation: a miniature painting on chewing gum, stuck to the steel structure.
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We speak to English artist Ben Wilson, the infamous chewing gum artist who has become known for his miniature masterpieces on discarded chewing gums across London. His extraordinary trail of miniature masterpieces extends from St Paul’s across the Millennium Bridge to the Tate Gallery.
Ben Wilson is an English wood carver and outsider artist. The son of an artist, Wilson grew up in a creative environment and attended art school. His distaste for industrial waste,...
