“In Beck’s hands, her work becomes a metaphor for the interconnectedness of all things. She challenges conventional notions of place and representation while deftly juxtaposing the gradual passage of time with the immediate impressions left upon the surfaces she (re)configures. Through her varied practice, Beck invites viewers to contemplate the transient nature of existence and the enduring beauty that lies beneath/on/above the surface of our everyday lives.”
— Rachel Adams, Chief Curator & Director of Programs, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
Selected interviews & essays /
DV Journal / Macro to Micro: Looking at Kim Beck’s Excavations by Rachel Adams /
EcoTheo Review / Ideal Cities by Kim Beck by Taylor O. Thomas /
PBS Studios / The Art Assignment: Surface Test - Kim Beck with Sarah Urist Green /
Yale University Radio / Interview with Kim Beck with Brainard Carey /
BOMBLOG / Friends of the High Line: Lauren Ross & Kim Beck with Tabitha Piseno /
High Line Art /Kim Beck, Space Available with Lauren Ross /
Vernissage TV / Kim Beck: Space Available / High Line Public Art, NYC /
Selected press /
ASAP/Journal / Wanderlust, or How to Wander in and out of the Dark History of the Now by Jasmina Tumbas /
Artforum / I-70 Sign Show with Anne Thompson /
San Antonio Express News / Kim Beck gives Botanical Garden characters by Steve Bennett /
San Antonio Current / One Way Trail by James Courtney /
NPR Marketplace Morning Report / Billboards surprise motorists with art instead of ads by Kristofor Husted /
New York Times / Art Imitates Indianapolis by Eve M. Kahn /
The ArtBlog / Exurban Sprawl and the Built Environment by Alyssa Greenberg /
The Architect’s Newspaper / Kim Beck’s The Sky's the Limit by Cindy Chun /
New York Times / Art is Fleeting, at Least When It's in the Sky by Elizabeth A. Harris /
Wallpaper / Section Two of New York's High Line park opens by Malaika Byng /
New York Times / In a Former Bank, Money Talks by Susan Hodara /
Art in America / Kim Beck Riffs on Meatpacking Ads with Empty Signs by Leigh Anne Miller /
The ArtBlog / The People's Landscape by Libby Rosof /
Pittsburgh City Paper / Kim Beck Looks All Around Us by Sherrie Flick /
Art in America / Kim Beck: Center for the Arts Review by Leigh Anne Miller /
Pittsburgh City Paper / Kim Beck Looks All Around Us by Sherrie Flick /
Art Papers / Memphis: Drive by David Hall /