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Drawing with images of architecture and landscape, I make pieces that survey peripheral and everyday spaces. Sometimes these spaces, and the things in them, are overlooked, or literally stepped over, such as weeds in the sidewalk. Sometimes, like sale banners or fast-food signs, they are ignored because of their ubiquity. Through a process that starts with gathering source images and taking photographs, I translate these images into drawings, multiples and objects in order to activate the obvious but overlooked parts of the landscape. |
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“With a sense of the absurd, my work draws attention to these neglected and peripheral spaces”
Kim Beck, Installation Shot, Mixed Greens Gallery. 2011
Kim Beck: In Her Own Words
“Kim Beck: Under Development”, was recently on view at Mixed Greens Gallery this Fall in Chelsea. Beck elaborates here for us on the themes behind her work and this show.
Drawing with images of architecture and landscape, I make pieces that survey peripheral and everyday spaces. Sometimes these spaces, and the things in them, are overlooked, or literally stepped over, such as weeds in the sidewalk. Sometimes, like sale banners or fast-food signs, they are ignored because of their ubiquity. Through a process that starts with gathering source images and taking photographs, I translate these images into drawings, multiples and objects in order to activate the obvious but overlooked parts of the landscape.
With a sense of the absurd, my work draws attention to these neglected and peripheral spaces, and raises about perception, emptiness and accumulation. Subtle shifts in perspective point to questions about representation where double takes and shifting points of view challenge our experience of the world around us. My aversion to commercialization and homogenization of the landscape is balanced by an appreciation for the awkwardness and surprising idiosyncrasy of these same spaces. In every parking lot there is a parking lot island with a badly pruned tree. Despite the asphalt, the tree is quirky and shows pluck. By drawing attention to these moments, my work brings the banal and everyday into focus.
This article was published by NY Arts Magazine, 2011. NY Arts Magazine is published by Abraham Lubelski. Sponsored by Broadway Gallery, NYC and World Art Media.
