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John Beech, Repared Sheet #01 (Vitry), 2016
From November 23rd to December 16th 2017
Ceysson & Bénétière, Wandhaff, Luxembourg
Exhibition from September 3rd to October 22nd 2016
Galerie Les filles du calvaire
Exhibition from 4th to 25th july 2015
Galerie Les filles du calvaire
Exhibition from march 16th to april 28th 2012
Galerie Les filles du calvaire
Exhibition from september 5th to 26th 2009
Galerie Les filles du calvaire
Exhibition from february 2nd to 23rd 2005
Galerie Les filles du calvaire
Born in 1964 in Winchester, England
Lives and works in New York, USA
Using the humblest of materials, from car floor mats to raw plywood, Beech creates objects that are at the same time rough-hewn and elegant, intricately designed and straightforward, dead serious and subtly humorous. His work straddles the categories of painting and sculpture. Beech is interested in “the object quality of things.” He is interested in letting the form and materials demonstrate themselves. Another important element in Beech’s work is his choice of materials. “I’m interested in fusing the visual vocabulary of utility and abstract art,” he says. Ordinary objects such as dumpsters and patched subway platforms catch his eye and provide the basis for nuanced works of art. He acknowledges the influence of contemporary masters such as Donald Judd, but sees his own aesthetic as “street level” and engaged, as opposed to the polish and detachment of many reductionists.
John Beech
Marcus Verhagen
2017
ISBN : 978-3-95476-204-0
In this overview of works on paper John Beech (born 1964, Great Britain, lives and works in New York) offers the viewer a thorough examination of a rich and varied body of drawings and monotype prints. Most of these works have previously never been seen outside the artist’s studio. Beech is known for his sculpture that merges everyday building materials with an off-kilter minimalist tendency. Concurrently he has focused on drawing and printing, on a range of two-dimensional materials, from basic white drawing paper to photographs and found packaging card. The results from an over thirty-year time period are presented in this book. They demonstrate an investigation of the materials and methods of drawing, often highlighting marks and forms that remain abstract while retaining clear individual specificity. These are works of art that are largely uncovered during their own making, not based on preconceived notions of intent.
John Beech
Kenneth Baker
2015
ISBN : 978-3-95476-094-1
The British artist John Beech (b. Winchester, UK, 1964; lives and works in New York) transforms the stuff of ordinary life into aesthetic objects. His approach, which he has described as “everyday reductionist,” is recognizably inspired by minimal art, with reminiscences of Donald Judd, Robert Rauschenberg, and others. The British artist John Beech (b. Winchester, UK, 1964; lives and works in New York) transforms the stuff of ordinary life into aesthetic objects. His approach, which he has described as “everyday reductionist,” is recognizably inspired by minimal art, with reminiscences of Donald Judd, Robert Rauschenberg, and others. Beech combines found or recycled materials in simple geometric shapes to make unusual aesthetic objects. Working with building supplies, insulation materials, and other mundane staples, he creates strikingly inventive art that occupies the intersection between painting and sculpture. With a great sense of humor and a keen eye for irony, the artist toys with the beholder’s visual habits and throws curious details into sharp relief. The book presents John Beech’s most recent works and offers an overview of his sculptures, paintings, drawings, and photographs from the past twenty-five years.
Edition Distanz Verlag, Berlin, Germany / Haus der Kunst St. Josef, Solothurn, Switzerland
John Beech
Steel Stillman
2014
ISBN : 9780971294936
A portfolio of 13 lithographic prints and 6 individual lithographic prints.
John Beech
Alexander Nagel
2014
ISBN : 978-1576876916
Artist John Beech is known for his innovative transformations of the seemingly mundane into startling works of originality. Proficient in several different mediums, in Bridged Field: Found-Photo Drawings he focuses on self-manipulated photographs. Since 2007 he has collected over 600 found photographs and applied his singular touch to each, letting the patterns and textures within the photograph become the grounds upon which he creates entirely new works of mysterious beauty. Presented here are 92 such pieces.
Notable for their range of materials (oil enamel, vinyl paint, ink, pencil, and marker pen), the drawings display a diversity of methods to apply marks directly onto the surface of the prints, in some cases predominantly covering the photographic information, in others emphasizing and punctuating visible elements in the photograph. Deliberate paint passages often exist alongside accidental marks or gestures and incidental imagery may come to the forefront when the primary subject of the photograph has been obscured.
John Beech
2013
160 color and black-and-white photographs.
Edition Harrison Place Press
John Beech
2012
ISBN : 9780935875294
31 collages and 17 black-and-white photographs (all works made while traveling in India).
John Beech
Michael Babics
2012
ISBN : 9783033032637
Catalogue d’exposition.
John Beech
Edward Albee
2008
ISBN : 978-0935875232
40 Drawings on photographs.
John Beech
Gabriele Kübler
2005
ISBN : 978-8890145766
Catalogue d’exposition.
Edition Stiftung für Konkrete Kunst, Reutlingen, Germany / Navado Press, Trieste, Italy
John Beech
Interview by Alexander Nagel
2000
An overview of recent sculpture and drawing.
Edition Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco / Stark Gallery, New York