Closing Week: Robert Beckmann's Minute to Moment
Closing Week: Robert Beckmann's Minute to Moment
Semi-abstract, evocative, and at times unsettling. All valid descriptors of Robert Beckmann’s Minute to Moment exhibit, in which he’s rounded up paintings he’s done over the last four years, many of which are simple slice-of-life depictions of people he knows and places he’s been. Beckman’s inspiration was a long-ago visit with the renowned artist Philip Guston, who told him to be always be open to life and expand his vision as an artist. And you can see that influence, and maybe a little bit of Guston’s post-abstract style, here. Of note, Beckmann depicts a lot of hands doing various things. So it’s tempting to say this exhibit proves the artist’s own hands are far from idle.