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David Beck (American, 1953)
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David Beck
L'Opera 1998
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David Beck
Detail of audience, characters from Mefistofele, The Ring, Turandot 1998
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David Beck
Detail of box seats 1998
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David Beck
Detail of interior with chandelier 1998
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David Beck
Éléphant agréable MM 2000
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David Beck
Elephant INDIAN 2000
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Biography |
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1953 |
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Born Muncie, IN |
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1971 - 1972 |
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Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana |
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1973 - 1976 |
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Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, B.F.A. |
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Exhibitions |
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2006 - pres |
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MVSEVM, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. (solo) |
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2008 |
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Gallery Group, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY |
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2004 |
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La Naturecanique, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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2000 - 2002 |
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Almost Warm & Fuzzy: Childhood and Contemporary Art, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA. Traveled to: Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale AZ; P.S. 1 Center for Contemporary Art, Queens, NY; Fundacio La Caixa, Barcelona Spain; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA; Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Curated by Susan Lubowsky Talbott and Lea Rosson DeLong, organized and circulated by Independent Curators International (ICI), New York. |
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1999 |
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Surrealism: Two Private Eyes, The Neshui Ertegun and Daniel Filipacchi Collections, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY |
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1989 - 1999 |
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L'Opera, The National Museum of American Art Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC (solo) |
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1998 |
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L'Opéra, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1993 - 1996 |
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Allan Stone Gallery New York, NY |
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1994 |
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Allan Stone Gallery New York, NY (solo) |
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1994 |
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Darwin and Darwinism: Exhibition on Natural and Cultural History, Deutsches Hygiene Museum Dresden, Germany |
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1993 |
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Fauna & Figures: The World According to David Beck, National Museum of American Art Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC (solo) |
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1993 |
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The Norton Gallery, Palm Beach, FL (solo) |
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1990 - 1992 |
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National Museum of American Art Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC |
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1990 |
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Iridescence, The Bruce Museum Greenwich, CT |
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1977 - 1987 |
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Allan Stone Gallery New York, NY (solo) |
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1986 |
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Allan Stone Gallery New York, NY |
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1986 |
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Homage to Joseph Cornell, Silvermine Art Center New Canaan, CT |
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1985 |
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"This Is Not a Pipe Organ", Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY |
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1985 |
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Allan Stone Gallery New York, NY |
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1983 |
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Works of Fantasy & Imagination, , Thorpe Intermedia Gallery Peekskill, NY |
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1979 |
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Thirty Years of Box Construction, Sunne Savage Gallery Boston, MA |
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1978 |
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Painting & Sculpture Today, Indianapolis Museum of Art Indianapolis, IN |
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1977 |
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Organization of Independent Artists, New York, NY |
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1976 |
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New Talent Show, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY |
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