Kim Beck, Space Available

Kim Beck, Space Available, 2008.

Kim Beck will create three sculptures resembling the skeletal framework behind advertising billboards. These blank forms will emulate the abounding indicators of the economic recession, such as empty storefronts and "For Sale" signs. Beck’s sculptures will have the illusion of depth when viewed frontally, but as viewers move past them, the side views will reveal that they are in fact totally flat; cut from perspective drawings and built like theater props.

A series of three sculptures will be installed on roofs of buildings close to the High Line. They will integrate seamlessly into the environment of the High Line neighborhood, echoing existing billboards and buildings in partial states of construction. The existence of the three will reinforce their visibility and help encourage visitors to rethink the logic of what they are seeing.

Exact locations and exhibition dates to be announced.

Kim Beck, Space Available, 2008.

This High Line Art Commission is presented by Friends of the High Line and the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. High Line Art Commissions are made possible by Donald R. Mullen, Jr.

About the Artist
Beck divides her time between New York, NY and Pittsburgh, PA where she is an Associate Professor of Art at Carnegie Mellon University. Her work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Carnegie Museum of Art, Walker Art Center, Mattress Factory, and Socrates Sculpture Park, among other venues. She is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships including the Publishing Program for Emerging Artists at Printed Matter, and a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant. Her work is included in such public collections as the Carnegie Museum, Denver Art Museum, and Memphis Brooks Museum. Beck holds an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design and a BA from Brandeis University.