Bianca Beck's Hybrid Paintings-Sculptures at CMCA
The Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) opens an exhibition of five new works by Bianca Beck, who blurs the line between painting and sculpture using papier-mâché forms as supports for expressive marks. The works feature vibrant colors like DayGlo pink, acid green, and cerulean, evoking comparisons to Paul Klee, Joan Mitchell, and Keith Haring. The exhibition explores themes of kinship, dissent, hybridity, and the plurality of selfhood, with pieces that loom over viewers like benign sentinels.
Key facts
- Exhibition at Center for Maine Contemporary Art
- Features five new works by Bianca Beck
- Beck refuses distinction between painting and sculpture
- Uses papier-mâché as three-dimensional supports
- Colors include DayGlo pink, acid green, cerulean, jewel-toned blue
- Works compared to Paul Klee, Joan Mitchell, Keith Haring
- Themes: kinship, dissent, hybridity, plurality of selfhood
- Works described as benign sentinels or beloved offspring
Entities
Artists
- Bianca Beck
- Paul Klee
- Joan Mitchell
- Keith Haring
Institutions
- Center for Maine Contemporary Art
Locations
- Maine
- United States