Opening April 2, 2022
My challenges in making this work are twofold.
One - to create work, in our studio, without using fossil fuels or adding to the demand on the electrical grid. Our new shop is powered by photovoltaics and a battery system. Working strictly solar has created limits or parameters in the process of making.
Two - inside of those energy parameters, to create work that challenges and improves my concept of art. For me, still, formal aspects are crucial. I am interested in stretching and manipulating common shapes and objects, adding internal detail and then obscuring access to that detail with surface treatment.
As I work to expand my vocabulary in art, I find these new objects oddly familiar and exciting.
Rick Beck, 2022
Artist | Rick Beck
Exhibition catalogue and video documentation of individual artworks below.
RED CAPTURE | 23 x 8 x 9 inches
DARK BINARY | 24.5 x 11 x 6 inches
10 OF DIAMONDS | 36 x 10 x 6 inches
