Ben Stroud | The Mad Hatter of Milan!
Ben Stroud had the good fortune to be born at the baptist hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, which is the same hospital the legendary Elvis Presley died in. Imbued with the same independence and irreverence that inspired other Blues City greats such as Fred Smith of FedEx fame and Holiday Inn’s Kemmons Wilson, Stroud emerged as a visual inventor who escaped convention. Even as early as three years old, he began to destroy the family home with paint, crayons, and anything else colorful he could manage to coerce into expression. He worshipped his Uncle Jack, who was described as the pariah of the family and whose paintings and pottery led Stroud to experiment in clay and on canvas. Making daring and provocative images has been a cathartic process for the adult Stroud, whose work has become a social barometer commenting on the story of America, its mores, and its flaws…
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