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Pittsburgh -based artist Ben Tolman has developed a visual language that is immediately recognizable: intricate, cross-hatched ink drawings that teem with anonymous figures, impossibly complex structures, and surreal urban landscapes. His works evoke the detail-driven whimsy of Where’s Waldo? while channeling the architectural impossibilities of M.C. Escher. Yet beneath the surface, Tolman’s art brims with social commentary. This fall, Galerie LJ in Paris presents his solo exhibition Control , a body of work that examines human disconnection, collective folly, and the uneasy intersections between satire and reality.

A Human Zoo in Ink

Tolman’s new series, described by the gallery as “a kind of human zoo,” places dozens of faceless figures within massive, l

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