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Dylan Beck: Rocks

August 19, 2020
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Dylan Beck Ceramic artist

Dylan Beck: Rocks, 2015-2019

Rocks — The overarching theme of this series is the idea of earth as subject. What happens if we focus our attention to the earth as a holistic living system in which we are a part of rather than separate from? The fundamental unit of earth is ‘the rock’. All things are built on and from rocks. We collect, extract, and synthesize various rocks to serve our purposes. Throughout this series I explore the myriad ways in which we interact with rocks and the earth whether it be through recreation, resource extraction, or the ways in which the earth’s processes take place around and underneath us.

  • Dylan Beck, Filtered AF, 2018, Ceramic, glass, glitter, digital print on vinyl, table, h42 x w70 x d24 in
  • Dylan Beck, Filtered AF, 2018
  • Dylan Beck, High Dynamic Range, 2018
  • Dylan Beck, High Dynamic Range, 2018, Ceramic, paint, digital print on vinyl, h72 x w48 x d50 in
  • Dylan Beck, LUX, 2017, Ceramic, underglaze, oxide stain, acrylic, digital print on fabric, wood, h28 x w24 x d14 in

Filtered AF, HDR, & LUX

Simulacrum — This work points to photography, social media, enchantment, and futile attempts to recreate the wonderment of non-human landscapes. HDR, Instagram filters, etc., create a hyper-reality, re-presenting lived experiences through artifice upon artifice. The viewer is confronted with the consumption of the natural landscape particularly through the artifice of social media.

  • Dylan Beck, The Spoils, 2017, Handbuilt and 3D printed Ceramic, terra sigillata, graphite, mica flakes, h20 x w54 x d54 in
  • Dylan Beck, The Spoils, 2017, Handbuilt and 3D printed Ceramic, terra sigillata, graphite, mica flakes, h20 x w54 x d54 in
  • Dylan Beck, Overburden, 2015, Ceramic, digital print on vinyl, h18 x w52 x d48 in

The Spoils & Overburden

Extractivism — This work seeks to evoke desire and despair through materials that are simultaneously seductive and dangerous. Natural resource extraction provides economic and lifestyle benefits yet also contributes to environmental destruction and global climate change.

  • Dylan Beck, Cartographic Seamount, 2018, Ceramic, terra sigillata, underglaze, glaze, h6 x d14 x w14 in
  • Dylan Beck, Exudate, 2018, Ceramic, terra sigillata, glaze, h9 x w8 xd13 in
  • Dylan Beck, Ice Cap, 2019, Medium: Ceramic, terra sigillata, underglaze, glaze, h8 x w12 x d5 in
  • Dylan Beck, Lake Of Fire, 2018, Ceramic, glaze, h5 x w10 x d10 in
  • Dylan Beck, Ventricle Gunge, 2018, Ceramic and glass, h10 x w9 X d17 in
  • Dylan Beck, Ventricle Gunge, 2018, Ceramic and glass, h10 x w9 X d17 in

Ventricle Gunge, Cartographic Seamount, Exudate, Lake Of Fire, & Ice Cap

Earth As Living Body — This work looks at fast and slow time. Geologic events have shaped and continue to shape our climate and landscape. The Earth is a hyperobject that operates on time scales far beyond human understanding, though at times we can witness mountains explode or islands grow from the sea.

Photos courtesy of the artist

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