Curious Worlds: The Art & Imagination of David Beck

David Becks highly original, intricate and kinetic artwork combines sculpture, painting, textiles, and mechanics on a scale that creates a genre all its own. Curious Worlds takes us into David Becks magical universe, to watch as he creates minutely detailed and often humorous animals, people and entire scenes that inspire profound wonder, delight and awe. A skilled woodworker, sculptor, painter and craftsman, Beck is recognized as a genuine American original. He is the only living artist to have three solo exhibits at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and his work is sought after by private art collectors across the country.

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Stories We Tell

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2012

One Minute for One Image

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1983

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Miss Sharon Jones!

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2009

Love, Marilyn

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A Body Like Mine

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Free Angela and All Political Prisoners

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Venus and Serena

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Call Me Kuchu

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Richard Lester!

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A Horse Is Not a Metaphor

A Horse Is Not a Metaphor

2009

Anderson

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Tomorrow

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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

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2012

Pickelporno

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1992

Early Directors on Directing

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2009

Speaking in Strings

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1999