The Architect of Decay: The Evolving Vision of Steve DiBenedetto Born in the Bronx in 1958, Steve DiBenedetto has spent decades cultivating a visual language that exists in the liminal space between the tangible and the hallucinatory. His journey through the New York art scene began at the prestigious Parsons School of Design, where he studied alongside contemporaries like Steven Parrino during the vibrant 1980s. In those early years, DiBenedetto’s practice was rooted in a minimalist, almost clinical aesthetic. His canvases were defined by linear geometric abstractions and bold, saturated bl…