In the 1980s, he mimicked blades of grass with lengths of green aluminum pipe.
Over the decades, metaphors evolved, allusions ramified.
Because there is never one true meaning to be extracted from a work of art, it remains endlessly open to interpretation.
Inviting and eluding the attempt to make sense of it, the work brings one, eventually, to a sense of oneself.
Exerpt from Pathways to a self, introduction by Carter Ratcliff
NEW : Death and Venice for Dennis
Confessions of a Feather Duster, by Thomas Phan:
Chapter 1 : Radical Domestics
Chapter 2 : Warm Poop, An Elegy
Interview: Bill Beckley talking about his work from 1969-71
Upcoming exhibitions and events
Group show for the opening of Galerie Hans Mayer
Grabbeplatz 2, Dusseldorf, Germany - Opening: Sept 9th, 2011
To Rolf, with Love. Sammlung Hoffmann, Berlin, Germany - September 15th, 2011, 7 PM