Ben Sloat: I'm Not Like Other Guys

Ben Sloat uses photographic images to examine cultural iconography.

In his earlier work, which includes Offspring (a video loop in which a man slowly morphs from Caucasian to Asian and back again) and a series of digitally generated scrolls reminiscent of Japanese prints, anime, old Hollywood, and religious icons, he achieves this through the use of portraiture.

Sloat's mixed race heritage is an influence in these portrait pieces, though he also explores broader themes of identity and transformation.