Ben Sendy-Smithers - MADA Now 2025 - Art, Design and Architecture

Monash Art, Design and Architecture Graduate Exhibition 2025

In the tradition of the weaver-poets of the early industrial era, Ben Sendy-Smithers is a nurse-artist. In a petulant reversal of Laurie Parson's decision to drop out of the art world in order to pursue a career in social work, Ben positions himself as an undercover artist in residence at his place of work. He seeks to use artistic practice as a device to disrupt the performance principle, to act in ways which are devoid of value, as a personal ritual against the order of things which requires any person to work for a living.

Ben Sendy-Smithers,

Ben Sendy-Smithers _Untitled watercolour by unknown artist

monash university, royal melbourne hospital (dog whistle), installation view 1

monash university, royal melbourne hospital (dog whistle), installation view 2

monash university, royal melbourne hospital (dog whistle), installation view 3

monash university, royal melbourne hospital (dog whistle), installation view 4

Ben Sendy-Smithers_You can_t fire me i quit

I'm just glad to have something to hold (2025), Installation view 1

I'm just glad to have something to hold (2025), Installation view 2

I'm just glad to have something to hold (2025), Installation view 3

I'm just glad to have something to hold (2025), Installation view 4

I'm just glad to have something to hold (2025), Installation view 5

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