Bill Beckley
Bill Beckley (born February 11, 1946 in Hamburg ( Pennsylvania )) is an American conceptual artist and photographer .
life and work
Bill Beckley was born in 1946 in Hamburg, Pennsylvania, a rural Amish community. Beckley studied from 1964 to 1968 at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania in Borough Berks County . He graduated from the Tyler School of Art in Elkins Park near Philadelphia . His fellow student Italo Scanga introduced him to Bruce Nauman , Dan Flavin , Sol LeWitt and the curator Marcia Tucker . Beckley taught at the School of Visual Arts in New York City from 1970 and at New York University from 1986 .
Beckley was among the artists , along with Gordon Matta-Clark , Rafi Ferrer, Barry Le Va , Jeffery Lew, Bill Bollinger and Alan Saret, who founded the 112 Greene Street Workshop in SoHo in 1970 . Beckley met Louise Bourgeois , Vito Acconci , Mary Heilmann and Dennis Oppenheim , among others . Beckley was married from 1980 to 1981 to designer Deirdre Williams. In 1986 he married the sculptor Laurie Johenning, with whom he has two sons.
Beckley u. a. Flowers. He arranges the flower stalks hanging in order to photograph them and then inverts the photographs.
Exhibitions (selection)
Solo exhibitions
- 1981: International Center of Photography , New York City
- 2008: Ping-Pong Dialogues curated by Jo Melvin, Chelsea Space, London
- 1984: Retrospective Museum Abteiberg , Mönchengladbach
Group exhibitions
- 2002: Made in USA Keith Haring , Robert Longo , Kenny Scharf, Bill Beckley, Ludwig Galerie Schloss Oberhausen , Oberhausen
- 1999: Falckenberg Collection, Museum of Fine Arts , Leipzig
- 1997: Numbers Kunstmuseum Stuttgart , Stuttgart
- 1989: Image World: Art and Media Culture Whitney Museum of American Art
- 1988: This is Not a Photograph Akron Art Museum , Akron
- 1985: A New Beginning Hudson River Museum , New York
- 1983: Art with Photography National Gallery , Berlin, Kölnischer Kunstverein , Cologne, Münchner Stadtmuseum , Munich, Kunsthalle Kiel , Kiel
- 1981: Alternatives in Retrospect New Museum of Contemporary Art , New York City
- 1980: Pier and Ocean Hayward Gallery , London
- 1980: Kröller-Müller Museum , Otterlo
- 1980: Photographic Art Musée National d'Art Moderne , Paris
- 1979: Story Art Heidelberger Kunstverein , Bonner Kunstverein , Krefeld Kunstverein
- 1977: documenta 6 , Kassel
- 1976: Narrational Imagery: Beckley, Ruscha , Warhol curator Sam Hunter, University of Massachusetts , Amherst (Massachusetts)
- 1973: John Gibson Gallery with David Askevold , John Baldessari , Peter Hutchinson , Jean Le Gac , Italo Scanga, David Tremlett , Ger van Elk , and William Wegman
- 1973: Museum of Modern Art , New York City
- 1970: Art in the Mind curator Athena Spear, Allen Memorial Art Museum , Oberlin (Ohio)
Awards
- 1997: Pollock-Krasner Foundation scholarship
- 1986: New York Council of the Arts
- 1979: National Endowment for the Arts
- 1976: New York Council of the Arts
- 1973: New York Council of the Arts
literature
- Flower magic photography and installations; Bill Beckley, Exhibitions at the Castle, Museum, 2013 ISBN 978-3-93093-0-319
- Uncontrollable Beauty: Toward a New Aesthetics, David Shapiro, Bill Beckley, Allworth Press 2001 ISBN 978-1-58115-1-961
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Catalog for documenta 6: Volume 2: Photography, film and video; Kassel, page 152, 1977 ISBN 3-920453-00-X
- ^ Artnet Bill Beckley , accessed February 3, 2015.
- ↑ The New York Times, Randy Kennedy 112 Greene Street: The Early Years, 70s Art in SoHo, accessed on February 3, 2015 (English)
- ^ Neue Zuger Zeitung American Answer from Silence , accessed on February 3, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beckley, Bill |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American conceptual artist and photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg Pennsylvania |