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LAWRENCE BECK
(American, b. 1962 in New York City, lives and works in New York, NY)
Lawrence Beck is known for his large-scale color and black & white photography of Nature where he uses the
traditional conception of the photograph as document. The photographs shown on ART 3 represent a cross-section of
the artist’s work from the last five years. The most re-known being the Giverny Water Lilies, and Alpine Wildflowers.
Beck's most recent work, the Italian Gardens concentrates on a landscape that incorporates masterpieces of Italian
architecture, ranging from structures by the famed Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio (Villa Pisani I) and buildings
in the Palladian Style, to the Gardens of Ninfa, the Appian Way, and the Roman aqueducts. Beck creates precise
compositions that pay particular attention to light, always preferring a soft, diffuse illumination, and shoots his images
on film to produce effects distinctly different from those of familiar digital snapshots. Yet the “nature” that Beck finds
often comprises a manmade mise-en-scène of carefully stage-managed spaces.
Lawrence Beck was born in New York in 1962 and graduated from SUNY, College at Purchase, in 1984. His work is
included in the Morgan Stanley collection. The artist was represented by Sonnabend Gallery in New York until its
close in 2015.
BIOGRAPHY
1960
Born in New York City, NY
Lives and works in New York, NY
EDUCATION
1980-84 SUNY, College at Purchase, NY
1982-83 Columbia University, NY (Studies in Film, French Language and Culture)
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014
Sonnabend Gallery, New York
2013
“Gardens”, Morgan Stanley Headquarters for Global Wealth Management, Purchase, NY
Sonnabend Gallery (Italian Pictures), New York
2012
Sonnabend Gallery, New York
2011
Sonnabend Gallery (Italian Gardens), New York
2009
Sonnabend Gallery, New York
2007
Sonnabend Gallery, New York
Projex Mtl Galerie, Montreal, Canada
Galerie Metropolis, Paris, France
2006
QED Project Room, Los Angeles, CA
Projex Mtl Galerie, Montreal, Canada
2005
Sonnabend Gallery, New York
2004
Seomi Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2002
Sonnabend Gallery, New York
Galerie Rodolfe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
August Sander Foundation (with Albert Renger-Patsch & la Fondation Arabe Pour l’Image), Cologne, Germany.
2001
Metropolis, Lyon, France
1999
Metropolis, Lyon, France
1998
Sonnabend Gallery (with Barry LeVa), New York
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
“Fascino e Mito dell’Italia, dal Cinquecento al Novecento”, Villa Reale, Monza, Italy
“From Rauschenberg to Jeff Koons”, Ca’ Pesaro Galleria Internazionale d’Arte Moderna, Venice, Italy
“Benefit Auction for the Glass House”, The Glass House, New Canaan, CT
“The Sonnabend Collection”, Ca Pesaro, Venice, Italy
“2013 Modern Masters of Photography Benefit Auction”, Aperature Gallery, NY
“Elle Décor’s Designer Visions Showcase, NY
Sonnabend Gallery, NY
Sonnabend Gallery, NY
Sonnabend Gallery, NY
“Ileana Sonnabend: An Italian Portrait”, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
Sonnabend Gallery Group Exhibition (Jan.-Feb), NY
Sonnabend Gallery Group Exhibition (Feb.-Mar.), NY
Pflanzenstudien von Karl Blossfeldt und verwandte Positionen (Karl Blossfeldt, Plant studies and related works), Die
Photographische Sammlung/SK Kultur, Cologne, Germany
Sonnabend Gallery, (Water lilies), New York
The Art Show, ADAA, Sonnabend Gallery, New York
Art Basel, Sonnabend Gallery, Basel, Switerland
“Surprisingly Natural: The Nature of the Bronx”, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY
Group Show, Projex Mtl Galerie, Montreal, Canada
Watermill Summer Benefit, Watermill, NY
Art Basel, Sonnabend Gallery, Basel, SwitzerlandComplots, Galerie Metropolis, Paris, France
Toronto Art Fair, Projex Mtl Gallery, Montreal, Canada
Sonnabend Gallery, (6 person show), New York, NY
Gallerie Brandstrup, Oslo, Norway
Miami Art Fair, Sonnabend Gallery, NY (December)
Group Show, Sonnabend Gallery (Waterfalls), New York
Landscape X3, Projex Mtl galerie, Montreal, Canada
Art Basel, Sonnabend Gallery, New York
Art Basel, icono.tv, Berlin, Germany
Art Miami, Sonnabend Gallery, Miami, FL
“Picturing Central Park”, Central Park Conservancy, New York
Art Basel, Sonnabend Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
“Art in the Garden”, The Gallery at General Electric World Headquarters, Fairfield, CT
Art Basel Miami, Sonnabend Gallery, Miami, FL
Sonnabend Gallery, (main show Hiroshi Sugimoto), New York
Sonnabend Gallery, (Main show Gilbert Zorio + Peter Moore), New York
“Images of Time and Place: Contemporary Views of Landscape”, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
“Best of - Blick in die Sammlung” August Sander Foundation, Cologne, Germany
Basel Art Fair, Sonnabend Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
“Visions of America”: Contemporary Art for the Essl Collection & the Sonnabend Gallery, Sammlung Essl.,
Kosterneuburg, Austria
Sonnabend Gallery (main exhibition Jean Prouve), New York
Basel Art Fair, Sonnabend Gallery, Basel , Switzerland
Group Show, Metropolis Gallery, Lyon, France
“Bowery Ball”, Auction for the New Museum, New York
“Meander”, M% Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Cologne Art Fair, August Sander Foundation, Cologne, German
Armory Show, Eyestorm, Inc. New York
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2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
“Vegetales”, Hall de l’Hotel de Ville, Villeurbanne, France
Group Show, Metropolis Gallery, Lyon, France
Basel Art Fair, Sonnabend Gallery, Base, Switzerland
Group Show, Sonnabend Gallery, New York
“From Pop to Now: Selections from the Sonnabend Collection”,
The Tang Teaching Museum & Art Gallery, Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, New York,; Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State
University, Columbus, OH; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WS
The Brewster Project, Brewster, New York
Group Exhibition (with Candida Hofer, Haim Steinbach, Keith Sonnier), Sonnabend Gallery, New York
Brussels Art Fair, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
Basel Art Fair, Sonnabend Gallery, New York
“Retrospective: Sonnabend Reopening Exhibition”, Sonnabend Gallery, NY
“Lawrence Beck, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Hiroshi Sugimoto”, Ziegler Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
“Lawrence Beck, Elger Esser, Candida Hofer”, Thomas Segal Gallery, Baltimore, MD
“Parisfoto”, Galerie Metropolis, Paris, France
“FIAC”, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
“Group Show”, Sonnabend Gallery, New York
”Art for Kids Sake Silent Auction”, Threadwaxing Space, New York
“Walking” Danese Gallery, New York, NY
“Lawrence Beck, Elger Esser, Hiroshi Sugimoto”, New York, NY
“Bernd & Hilla Becher, Lawrence Beck, Hiroshi Sugimoto”, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
FIAC”, Pavillion du Parc, Paris Expo, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
“Cologne Art Fair”, Galeries Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
“Works on Paper (Old Masters to Contemporary)”, The Park Avenue Armory, New York
Steven Kasher Gallery, New York
“High Anxiety”, Miami-Dade Community College Center Gallery, Wolfson Campus, Miami, FLA (curated by
Joseph R. Wolin)
“Art for Kids Sake Silent Auction”, Threadwaxing Space, New York
“Works on Paper (Old Masters to Contemporary, Samson Fine Arts, New York
“Black and White: UNFIXED”, Nancy Solomon Gallery, Atlanta, GA
“High Anxiety”, Center for Photography at Woodstock, New York
“Works on Paper (Old Masters to Contemporary”, Samson Fine Arts, The Park Avenue Armory, New York
The Bedford Historic Center, Bedford, NY
“Atlanta 96”, Nancy Solomon Gallery, Atlanta, GA
“Fantastic Imagery: Lawrence Beck, Nancy Lawton, Dennis Masback”, Nancy Solomon Gallery, Atlanta, GA
“Black and White”, 123 Watts Gallery, New York
REVIEWS
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
Lesauvauge, Magali. “Lawrence Beck. Un photographe americain.” www.paris-art.com, Jan. 3, 2008.
“Blindspot: Issue 38”
“Blindspot: Issue 34”, Cover + feature article.
Guadagni, Walter. “Stories of the eye.” FMR-magazine, Volume 21.
Viau, Rene. “Promenades Entre Les Branche.” Le Devoir, Oct. 14
+ 15, p. E7.
“Blindspot: Issue 29”, New York.
Cone, Michelle. “Lawrence Beck: Sonnabend Gallery,” ArtNews, June, p.122
“Visions of Americas : Contemprary Art from he Essl Collection & the Sonnabend Collection, New York”,
Klosterneuberg, Vienna, Austria
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2002
2001
1999
1997
1996
1995
Going about Town, The New Yorker, 18 March 2002, p. 32
Cash, Stephanie. “Summer Art Getaway, “Art in America, July 2002, p. 17, 19
Bethemont, Hauviette. “Expo Hotel de Ville de Villeurbanne,
“Les petites affiches Lyonnaises, 11 July 2002
Stani, Chaine. “Expo Villeurbanne”. Lyon Poche, June
Myers, Holly. “When Nature is institutionalized.” The Los Angeles Times, Calendar Section, p. E22
Linden, Thomas. “Kirschbaüme wie klagende Witwen.” Kölnische Runsdchau, Friday, 20 September 2002,
number 219
“Landschaftsbilder mit Tiefenscharfe”.Rheinische Post, 11 October 2002.
Haidu Rachel. “Lawrence Beck”, in From Pop to Now. Selections from the Sonnabend Collection.
The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum & Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York,
pp. 152-153 & 164-165.
“Lawrence Beck: Photographies”, Musée l’Organe, Lyon, France + Sonnabend Gallery, New York, Sonnabend
Editions.
Tilliet, Pierre, “Une Rose nommée Playgirl.” Lyon Capital, June. Chaine, Stani. “Larry Beck”, Lyon Poche.
June.
Moreau Melanie. Le Progrès. August 9, 2001.
“Un New-Yorkais à Lyon.” Le Figaro, September 15, 1999
Chaine Stani, “Larry Beck: Tulipes et Nympheas”. Lyon Poche, September 29 – October 5 1999.
H.B., “L’Arche de Larry Beck”. Libération, Wednesday 22, 1999.
H.B., Fleurs pour de Faux. “ Lyon-Capital, Wednesday 22, 1999.
Bethemont, Hauviette. “ Des Fleurs en série.” Petites affiches Lyonnaises. Septembre 18-21. 1999, p. 15
Pollack, Barbara. “Lawrence Beck, Elger Esser, Hiroshi Sugimoto. Sonnabend”. ArtNews, December 1999,
pp. 173-174.
Wolin, Joseph. “High Anxiety.” Photography Quartely. N. 69, pp. 4-9, 13.
Hobbs, Sarah. “Black & White unfixed.” Art Papers, May-June, p. 51.
Meyer, James. “The Macabre Museum.” Frieze Magazine, Jan./Feb.1997, pp. 56-61.
Turner, Elisa.”Two exhibits at MDCC traverse three decades.” The Herald, December 5, 1997.
Cullum, Jerry. “Trompe l’oeil triumps.” The Atlanta Journal Constitution, December 27, Friday 1996, p.11.
Lane Dakota. “Varieties of ambivalence.” Woodstock Times, November 14, 1996, p. 10.
Cappa, Paula. “Samson Fine Arts Exhibit & Sale.” The Record Review, August 9, 1996.
Charles, Eleonore. “Westchester Guide.” The New York Times, Westchester Section, August 4, 1996.
Haines, Angela. “Gynes creates a business out of Love of Art.”
The Record Review. August 2, Friday, 1996.
Cullum, Jerry. “Weekend Preview – Visual Arts.” The Atlanta Journal Constitution, March 31, 1995
LECTURES
Summer 1994
NYU Program in Venice, Italy. Lecture on Photography.
Demonstration on reproduction photography.
Fall 2004
Museum of Fine Art, Boston. MFA Program. Project:
Critics and analysis of Graduates thesis work.
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