6674. St Werburghs Tunnel (471)

Benjimagnetic, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2025
Benjimagnetic, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2025

What a lovely clean and tidy piece this is from Benjimagnetic at the entrance to St Werburghs tunnel. Ordinarily, I would say that Benjimagnetic’s pieces spell out BEN, but I now know it says something different after Benjimagnetic corrected me the last time I mistakenly got it wrong.

Benjimagnetic, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2025
Benjimagnetic, St Werburghs, Bristol, January 2025

What I like about Benjimagnetic’s work is the way he deconstructs and then reconstructs his writing, so that it is composed of loads of design elements that come together in a novel way. Another artist who uses a similar deconstruction technique is Minto. Great colours in this piece and overall a classy bit of writing.

6561. St Werburghs tunnel (459)

Benjimagnetic, St Werburghs, Bristol, November 2024
Benjimagnetic, St Werburghs, Bristol, November 2024

The stand-out element of this wonderful BEN piece by Benjimagnetic in the tunnel is, in my view, the outstanding colour selection. Rather cleverly, he has overwritten a piece by Mr Klue, which provides a rather nice backdrop in complementary colours.

Benjimagnetic, St Werburghs, Bristol, November 2024
Benjimagnetic, St Werburghs, Bristol, November 2024

Benjimagnetic pieces are carefully crafted and the style I would describe as being deconstructed writing. The letters are there, but it is more about what is missing rather than what is there, and there is an obscuring of the writing that is its attraction. The fills are made up of black and white writing, which I imagine is extremely difficult to do with spray paint, requiring great can control. An attractive piece.