New works, expanding on his earlier concepts, will show alongside pieces from the âVanitasâ and âBody of a Houseâ series. New works have a current of an underwater concept with pieces depicting the town of St. Thomas in Nevada and contemporary Las Vegas.
â...Beckmann assigns every aspect of his art as much symbolic weight as it will bear, a building is rarely just a building with him. The potential meanings multiply: Buildings stand in for our defenseless bodies, psyches, families, institutions, even society.â - Scott Dickensheets, âRaze the Roofâ, NPR, Desert Companion, April 2013
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