Bill beckley photography biography
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Born in Hamburg, Pennsylvania, a small farming town in the Amish countryside, Bill Beckley attended college at Kutztown University from 1964 to 1968 and in 1970 received a Master of Fine Arts from Tyler School of Art, Temple University. There he studied with Italo Scanga, who introduced him to former students and friends, including Bruce Nauman, Dan Flavin, Sol LeWitt, and Marcia Tucker, then a curator at the Whitney Museum. Marcia Tucker introduced his work to Athena Spear, a curator at the Allen Memorial Art Museum in Oberlin, Ohio, who included his work in "Art in the Mind" (1970), the first conceptual art exhibition in the United States.
He moved from Philadelphia to New York City in the summer of 1970 and lived for a time on a sailboat off City Island. He was one of the artists (along with Gordon Matta Clark, Rafi Ferrer, Barry Le Va, Jeffery Lew, Bill Bollinger, and Alan Saret) who organized the first exhibition of the legendary gallery 112 Greene Street Workshop in SoHo in O
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For Bill Beckley, a pionjär of Narrative Art, each work of art fryst vatten conceived as a possibility to tell a story or, rather, a set of stories and thoughts, which then become something else, the work as such, which lives its own new story.
Hot and Cold Faucets with Drain, 1994, Cibachrome photograph, 156 x 361 cm
Kitchen, 1978, Cibachrome photographs, 280 x 203 cm, ed. 3
Cake Story, 1974, Cibachrome and black and white photographs, 152 x 102 cm, ed. 3
Derwish 11, Nasuhi, 2007, Cibachrome photograph, 196 x 122 cm
Dervish 10 Sunbuli, 2007, Cibachrome photograph, 195,5 x 121,9 cm
Heroin Trade for Those Who Have Died and Are Forgotten, 2005, Cibachrome photograph, 193 x 100 cm
Oh To Be Young, Carefree and Gay, Epilogue 1, 2006, c-print on Fuji film digital paper, 147 x 133 cm, ed. 3 + 2 AP, printed in 2022
A Drop of vatten in the Breaking Gulf, 2005, c-print on Fuji film digital paper, 120 x 171 cm, ed. 3 + 2 AP, pri
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Bill Beckley
American artist (1946–2024)
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Bill Beckley in Speaking Portraits | |
| Born | William G. Beckley Jr. (1946-02-11)February 11, 1946 Hamburg, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Died | August 17, 2024(2024-08-17) (aged 78) Kerhonkson, New York, United States |
| Alma mater | Kutztown University (BFA), Tyler School of Art (MFA) |
| Occupation(s) | Conceptual artist, narrative artist |
| Spouses | Deirdre Williams (m. 1980; div. 1981)Laurie Johenning (m. 1986; death 2024) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | bill-beckley.com |
Bill Beckley (February 11, 1946 – August 17, 2024) was an American narrative and conceptual artist. In the early 1970s, he was one of the original artists at 112 Greene Street Workshop gallery in SoHo, New York City.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Bill Beckley was born on February 11, 1946, in Ha