Artists VOLTA NY 2008
Presented by: SUNDAY L.E.S.
1975, Tacoma, USA
Saul Becker creates dreamlike landscapes that combine fragments from different places and sources. As a contemporary landscape painter, his work is both genuine and deceiving: genuine in his use of a traditional genre without mockery and deceiving in his ability to make discoveries within this tried and true realm. A lot takes place in his seemingly benign pastoral scenes, which conjure up fragile yet potent metaphors of loss and fleeting utopia.
Saul Becker (b. 1975, Tacoma, WA) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. He received a MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University; Richmond, VA and a BFA from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD); Halifax, NS. He was the recipient of the prestigious Virginia Museum of Fine Art Fellowship as well as a Washington State Arts Award. His New York solo debut will be at SUNDAY in April of this year.
 Saul Becker, Golden Log, Gouache and ink on paper, 40x60”, 2007 |