The violent and tragic: New Drawings by Ben Tolman @ Jonathan LeVine Projects

"I try to reward the viewer if they are willing to spend time with the work—it’s kind of exactly that," Ben Tolman told Juxtapoz back in 2016. "I try to impart a certain impact for when you’re looking at it from a distance, but the meat of the work is when you actually get up close and spend some time with it. I really invest a lot of time getting into the details. I am trying to tell a story with my work, so I try hard to make the viewer want to spend time with it." And, like he said, with his new show, New Drawings, running at Jonathan LeVine Projects from June 23 – July 21, 2018k it's kind of exactly that. From a distance and up close, Tolman creates an incredible universe that demands an intense, in-depth experience from the viewer.