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.

Edition Gestalten

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

A portfolio of 13 lithographic prints and 6 individual lithographic prints.

Edition Arber & Son

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.

Edition powerHouse Books

160 color and black-and-white photographs.

31 collages and 17 black-and-white photographs (all works made while traveling in India).

Edition Peter Blum

Catalogue d’exposition.

Edition Haus der Kunst St. Josef

40 Drawings on photographs.

Edition Peter Blum

Catalogue d’exposition.

Edition Stiftung für Konkrete Kunst, Reutlingen, Germany / Navado Press, Trieste, Italy

An overview of recent sculpture and drawing.

Edition Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco / Stark Gallery, New York