Press for Claire Beckett: Matrix 163 at the Wadsworth Atheneum
Boston Globe 2/2012
Exhibition Brochure
Boston Globe 11/2011
DLK Collection Blog
Hartford Courant
Press for HomeFrontLine at Silver Eye Center
Pittsburgh City Paper
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Claire Beckett MATRIX 163: Simulating Iraq
Claire Beckett MATRIX 163: Simulating Iraq
The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Hartford, CT
November 3, 2011 – March 4, 2012
Opening reception Thursday November 4, 2011 5-8 PM, Artist Talk 6 PM
Curated by Patricia Hickson
I’m pleased to announce my first one-person museum exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum, featuring photographs from the series Simulating Iraq. The exhibition is part of the MATRIX program, founded in 1974, which has included Robert Mapplethorpe, Cindy Sherman, Doug and Mike Start, John Coplans and Dawoud Bey, among many others.
HomeFrontLine: Reflections on Ten Years of War Since 9/11
HomeFrontLine: Reflections on Ten Years of War Since 9/11
Silver Eye Center for Photography
Pittsburgh, PA
September 13-December 10, 2011
Co-Curated by Ellen Fleurov and Leo Hsu
Photographs from my series In Training are featured in this exhibition along with Nina Berman, Kevin Bubriski, Gabriela Bulisova, Ashley Gilbertson, Baptiste Giroudon, Michael Kamber, Benjamin Lowy, Alfonso Moral, Eugene Richards, and Peter van Agtmael. The exhibition explores the far-reaching impact of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan – both in and away from the combat zones.
The Truth is Not in the Mirror
The Truth is Not in the Mirror
Illinois State University Galleries
Normal, Illinois
August 16-October 16, 2011
Originally organized by Wally Mason at the Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, the exhibition travels to Illinois State University Galleries this fall.
Auction to Benefit the Photographic Resource Center
Auction to Benefit the Photographic Resource Center
Saturday, October 15, 2011
808 Gallery at Boston University
808 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA
Please join me in supporting this great Boston photography institution.
June 4, 2011
Flourish: Alumni Works on Paper
June 6-July 9, 2011
Reception: Thursday, June 9, 6-8 PM
Sandra and David Bakalar Gallery at Massachusetts College of Art and Design
621 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
Please find more information here.
June 1, 2011
Flash Forward 2011 Group Show
Flash Forward Festival Boston, June 2-5, 2011
Opening celebration Thursday, June 2, 2011 7–10 PM
Fairmont Battery Wharf
Three Battery Wharf
Boston, Massachusetts
United States
02109
I am pleased to be included in this year’s Flash Forward Group Show.
For more information please visit Flash Forward.
May 31, 2011
Artforum Review “You are…” exhibition
Please read this month’s Artforum review of my recently past exhibition “You are…” at Carroll and Sons Gallery.
May 29, 2011
Exhibition: The Workers, Mass MoCA
MASS MoCA
1040 MASS MoCA WAY North Adams, MA 01247
May 29, 2011 – March 31, 2012
I am pleased to be part of The Workers exhibition on view at MASS MoCA.
For more information please visit Mass MoCA.
March 11, 2011
Review Boston Globe: Roles, War, and Insight.
Exhibition at Carroll and Sons reviewed in the Boston Globe.
March 11, 2011
Review NRC Next: Reality Check
Exhibition Reality Check reviewed, and interview with me in NRC Next.
March 11, 2011
Review Art New England: Simulating Iraq
Please check out Art New England’s review of my current gallery show, You Are… at Carroll and Sons Gallery.
March 10, 2011
Solo Show You Are… at Carroll and Sons
Carroll and Sons Art Gallery
450 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118
February 23-March 26, 2011
Reception: Friday March 4, 5:30 – 7:30
I am pleased to announce my solo show You Are… at Carroll and Sons Art Gallery, Boston, featuring new images from my project Simulating Iraq.
For more information, please visit Carroll and Sons.
March 10, 2011
Exhibition and Lecture, Reality Check, FOTODOK
FOTODOK, Utrecht, The Netherlands
March 4 – April 3, 2011
According to FOTODOK: “Reality Check explores the use of fiction in documentary photography. Photographers Claire Beckett, Michael de Kooter, Sofie Knijff, Raoul Kramer and Alessandra Sanguinetti find inspiration in film, choreography, role play, dreams and reality.”
In conjunction with the exhibition, I will give a lecture along with Dr. Martijn Stevens of Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen. The lecture takes place on Friday, March 25 at 8:00 PM at Domplein 5, Utrecht.
For more information about the exhibition and lecture, please visit FOTODOK.
February 7, 2011
Humble Arts Publication
I’m pleased to be included in the Humble Arts Foundation publication, The Collector’s Guide to New Art Photography Vol. 2.
The Collector’s Guide to New Art Photography Vol. 2 is a 216-page biennial sourcebook that highlights some of the most challenging and innovative new photographic work from 100 photographers internationally. The book is a resource for collectors, gallerists, curators, art professionals, educators, and the public. This new volume continues Humble’s mission of introducing new talent to people of influence in contemporary art.
For more information (or to purchase book) please visit Humble Arts Foundation.
February 7, 2011
Artadia Publication
I am pleased to be a part of Artadia’s publication, 5 Cities / 41 Artists / Artadia 08/09.
The 168-page, full-color publication includes essays by foremost curators and thinkers in Artadia’s program cities.
“Looking at the art and artists associated with Artadia over the last two years is a perfect opportunity to assess the first decade of this young millennium.” writes Franklin Sirmans in his opening essay.
Featuring over 140 artworks and comments by Artadia Awardees 2009 Atlanta, 2009 Boston, 2008 Chicago, 2008 Houston, and 2009 San Francisco. Full biographies of the 41 artists are also included.
For more information (or to purchase publication) please visit Artadia’s Website.
January 10, 2011
Museum Show
The Truth is Not in the Mirror: Photography and Constructed Identity
Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
January 19-May 22, 2011
I’m pleased to be part of this exhibition at the Haggerty Museum of Art along with artists Tina Barney, Valerie Belin, Dawoud Bey, Jesse Burke, Kelli Connell, Michael Corridore, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Rineke Dijkstra, Jason Florio, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Andy Freeberg, Lee Friedlander, David Hockney, Nikki S. Lee, Graham Miller, Martin Parr, Thomas Ruff, The Sartorialist, Alec Soth, Will Steacy, Larry Sultan, and Mickalene Thomas.
From the Haggerty Museum:
“Photography as a medium has always been actively concerned with describing identity. While a portrait is typically an artistic representation of a person where verisimilitude is the goal, here the inquiry is questioned and expanded. Rather than employing a camera to create an objective document, the artists in this exhibition are often involved in constructing narrative sequences that pose questions with open-ended outcomes. As the title, The Truth is Not in the Mirror... suggests, photography has the power to imply, construct, and/or deny a narrative. Many of the photographers are contemporary story tellers and, in this sense, their work reflects facets of our ever-changing precepts about family, identity, truth and fiction.”
Please visit the Haggerty Museum for more information.
November 3, 2010
Critical Mass Top 50
I’m pleased to be included in this year’s Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50.
You can link to my Critical Mass page here
And check out the other 49 photographers here – their work is amazing!
October 25, 2010
FotoWeek, DC
My work will be on display during FotoWeek DC in the show 100 Portraits — 100 Photographers: Selections from the FlakPhoto.com Archive, curated by Andy Adams of FlackPhoto.com and Larissa Leclair. This exhibition is part of the NightGallery series of projections on display from November 6-13, 2010, with a launch party at the Corcoran Gallery of Art on Friday, November 5.
The images will be projected on exteriors of significant buildings across Washington, DC, including: Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art + Design, Newseum, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, American Red Cross, National Museum of the American Indian, Satellite Central (M Street – Georgetown) and the Human Rights Campaign buildings.
For more information, please see this press release from FotoWeek DC.
October 11, 2010
Warzone Exhibition
I am currently part of the exhibition Warzone, organized by the Nooderlicht Photofestival. The exhibition is on view in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands as part of the Photofestival. A book, also entitled Warzone, is on sale now.
For more information visit the Noorderlicht Festival .
October 11, 2010
Flash Forward 2010 Group Show and Book Launch
My photographs were on display in Toronto as part of the first ever Flash Forward Festival, organized by the Magenta Foundation, October 6-10, 2010. The festival also marked the launch of the book Flash Forward 2010.
For more information (or to purchase a book) visit the Magenta Foundation.
June 29, 2010
Upcoming Show Info
In Training: Soldiers Before War
July 19-September 8
Opening Reception: Monday July 19th 5:30-7:30 PM
Gallery 303 at The New England Institute of Art
303 West Boylston Street
Brookline, MA 02445
June 15, 2010
Lecture
On Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at 7:00pm, please join me at M. J. O’Connor’s Pub at 27 Columbus Ave, Boston, for dinner, drinks, and an evening of discussion titled Before and After: Art, War, and the Veteran’s Experience.
The lecture, hosted by The Church of the Advent, is the last in a series focusing on questions of war and peace, politics, and American power. It brings together contemporary artists whose work explores three vantage points of a Veteran’s experience: a Soldier’s training before going to war, the long-term effects of combat on individuals and their families, and the difficulties Soldiers face when they transition back to civilian life. The lecture will include presentations by Claire Beckett, Carolyn Shadid Lewis, Drew Luan Matott, and Jim O’Neill.
May 17, 2010
I am pleased to announce that I have been selected as a Magenta Foundation Flash Forward 2010 Award Winner. Stay tuned for publication of the Flash Forward 2010 book, and for the Flash Forward Festival, due in October.
April 20, 2010
Who goes there? Local Artadia award winners take a look at identity – The Boston Globe
March 25, 2010
Come on by the Mills Gallery Friday night, March 26th, for an opening reception of work by myself and fellow Boston 2009 Artadia Awardees. I hope to see you there!
For more information visit www.bcaonline.org
February 16, 2010
Join me in voting for CARROLL AND SONS as Boston’s Best Art Gallery on the Boston Phoenix website.