Curious Worlds The Art Imagination of David Beck (2015)

David Becks highly original intricate and kinetic artwork combines sculpture painting textiles and mechanics on a scale that creates a genre all its own Curious Worlds takes us into David Becks magical universe to watch as he creates minutely detailed and often humorous animals people and entire scenes that inspire profound wonder delight and awe A skilled woodworker sculptor painter and craftsman Beck is recognized as a genuine American original He is the only living artist to have three solo exhibits at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and his work is sought after by private art collectors across the country