Exhibition Walkthrough: Ericka Beckman and Claire Gilman on Power of the Spin

Join us for a unique conversation and in-person exhibition walkthrough of Power of the Spin with artist Ericka Beckman and curator Claire Gilman as they look at and discuss the genesis and process of drawing specific to Beckman's work.

Ericka Beckman is a filmmaker who came to prominence in the late 1970s and is considered a key figure of the Pictures Generation. She is distinct from many artists working in the medium in that she courts an emphatically hand-made approach, making her own props and sets, and elaborate drawings for her films. Her work deals with game playing and systems, and how these rules and conventions structure our lives. Often, she adopts and subverts classic fairytales or fairytale tropes in order to challenge societal norms. At The Drawing Center, Beckman will present the first US screening of her new film Stalk, an adaption of the fairytale Jack and the Beanstalk, which critiques corporate farming and the effects of economic pressure on a small independent farming community. Along with the film, Beckman will feature drawings ranging from sketches, to storyboards, to large scale finished compositions from different moments in her career.