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Being a local artist in a global city: Ben Sanders on self-publishing, experimentation and giant bottle caps

Artist and designer Ben Sanders joined us on the Nicer Tuesdays stage in Los Angeles to talk about his absurdist airbrush paintings with frames made out of salt, pool noodles and art objects of enlarged metal bottle caps. Breaking from reality and travelling into a bizarro visual world for clients such as Nike, Louis Vuitton and Bloomberg, the artist argues for self-publishing, learning techniques on the fly and the importance of constant experimentation.

Date
1 July 2026

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