Bill Beckley
For Bill Beckley, a pioneer of Narrative Art, each work of art is 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.
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Bill Beckley (Hamburg, Pennsylvania, 1946 – Kerhonkson, New York, 2024) has shown at the MoMA, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art (1979), Documenta in Kassel, Germany (1976), the Paris Biennale (1973) and the Venice Biennale (1975). His works are in permanent public and private collections in various parts of the world: MoMA, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Tate Modern, London; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Madre Museum, Naples; Daimler-Benz Collection, Stuttgart; Sammlung Hoffmann Collection, Berlin; Morton Neumann Collection, Washington D.C. and in the private collections of artists Jeff Koons and Sol LeWitt. He has received numerous awards such as the Pollock-Krasner Grant (1997), National Endowment of the Arts (1979), New York Council of the Arts (1973, 1976, 1986). Bill Beckley has worked with the Studio Trisorio since 1986 where the following exhibitions have been presented: Gardens of Pompeii (1986), Sette virtù, sette peccati (1992), Bill Beckley (1998), Bill Beckley (2004), Bill Beckley. Selected Works 1974 – 2009 (2009), Bill Beckley, Elements of Romance. Works from the Seventies (2016), Neapolitan Holidays (2019).
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Bill Beckley (Hamburg, Pennsylvania, 1946 – Kerhonkson, New York, 2024) ha esposto al MoMA, al Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, al Whitney Museum of American Art (1979), a Documenta/Kassel (1976), alla Biennale di Parigi (1973), alla Biennale di Venezia (1975). Le sue opere sono nelle collezioni permanenti di istituzioni pubbliche e private in diverse parti del mondo: MoMA, New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Tate Modern, Londra, Victoria and Albert Museum, Londra, Museo Madre, Napoli, Daimler-Benz Collection, Stoccarda, Sammlung Hoffmann Collection, Berlino, Morton Neumann Collection, Washington D.C., collezioni private degli artisti Jeff Koons e Sol LeWitt. Ha ricevuto numerosi premi: Pollock-Krasner Grant (1997), National Endowment of the Arts (1979), New York Council of the Arts (1973, 1976, 1986). Dal 1986 ha lavorato con lo Studio Trisorio, con cui ha realizzato le mostre: Gardens of Pompeii (1986), Sette virtù, sette peccati (1992), Bill Beckley (1998), Bill Beckley (2004), Bill Beckley. Selected Works 1974 – 2009 (2009), Bill Beckley, Elements of Romance. Works from the Seventies (2016), Neapolitan Holidays (2019).
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