Two recent reviews highlight Beck’s contribution to “Spaces for People, Systems for Spaces” in Chicago, while a new exhibition at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art celebrates her connection to the Memphis College of Art legacy.
Spaces for People, Systems for Spaces
Professor Kim Beck’s work in the group exhibition “Spaces for People, Systems for Spaces” examines the infrastructures and social designs that hold cities together. Newcity Art noted how Beck’s woven asphalt photographs of “are effervescent and abstract; however, cannily, we know exactly what the pieces represent.” The Chicago Reader also reviewed the exhibition in “Art about architecture,” describing the “vibration and chaos” of Beck’s Woven Roads series.
Memphis College of Art, 1936-2020: An Enduring Legacy
In addition to her work in Chicago, Beck is featured in “Memphis College of Art, 1936-2020: An Enduring Legacy” at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art through September 2026. The exhibition serves as a major retrospective and celebration of the Memphis College of Art (MCA), which graduated its final class in 2020 after an 84-year history of cultural contribution. Guest curated by Marina Pacini as the final exhibition the museum will mount in its original Overton Park home, the exhibition includes works by 90 faculty, administrators, and graduates, organized into groupings that highlight the relationship between teachers and their students.
Image: Detail from “Memphis College of Art, 1936-2020: An Enduring Legacy”