Shani Bensimon





Constable’s Pine tree, today
John Constable’s Pine tree, c.1833
distilled turpentine
Volatile Organic Compounds

I collected resin from Constable’s pine tree and distilled it into turpentine. The turpentine is intended for conservation laboratories to restore Constable’s paintings.

Turpentine is a solvent-highly volatile-but it also reunites and stabilizes fragmented layers of paint: a transparent, conceptual painting nested within Constable’s own.

2024-2025