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Steven Michael Beck
They d always have Paris
Contemporary

Name: They'd always have Paris
Brand: Steven Michael Beck

$7,500List Price

About the Item

Our gallery is proud to represent the very talented Film and Commercial Director Steven Michael Beck as he creates bronzes mixed with found objects. This bronze it titled "They'd always have Paris" and is made of cast bronze and a vise. What we have photographed is the artist's proof out of a limited series of eight sculptures. Please note that the actual piece available for immediate delivery is pictured on a console and varies slightly from the one photographed for the book which is included with purchase. If this piece is sold the wait time is approximately 6-8 weeks. From the artist an observation; They’d always have Paris like they’d always be in love. It was a promise made without witness, racing hearts pinned to a dream. But having Paris and little else locked them inside an illusion that remained caged and unfed, a passion framed above the headboard instead of beneath it. Desire vanished not because they refused to return to the City of Light. Hungry, bored, and tired of being ignored, it simply packed up and moved away. A little more about the artist: I can only sum up this chapter in my creative evolution as being at the right place, at the right time, and being damn lucky, if not prescient, that I eavesdropped on those around me. I began my professional career as a visual effects oriented film director. My main focus was commercial production, i.e. commercials, and yes, while there was the odd feature or two I directed, it was within the thirty-second format where I made my name. Winning nearly every award available to my genre and its varying techniques; photography, computer graphics, animation, production design, direction, etc., more importantly I had the unique opportunity to work for Lucasfilm, in particular Industrial Light and Magic, the visual effects team that created Star Wars among other cinematic greats. It was there where I met and admired every sort of artist; computer graphic specialists, stage technicians, cameramen and women, set designers, you name it, but it was the talent in ILM’s model shop that really impressed me, particularly its sculptors. The work they created was truly world class, yet these humble men and women were absolutely passionate about sharing every aspect of their craft. So I sat, and I listened, and I never forgot their words of wisdom as they conjured amazing objects from near thin air. Fast forward life moving on… Eventually I did, as we all do, but I never forgot that love of an imagined reality one could gain from a lump of clay. Combined with the theatrical mindset of filmmaking, and the universal human drama we all recognize driving it, it was this introduction to sculpture that laid the foundation for my art today. 1978-1981 Art Center College of Design- Receive BFA with Honors in Illustration / Advertising. 1981-1983 Silver Cloud Productions- Lithography studio coordinator, assistant art director, art director. Receive first nomination for a Clio. 1983-1986 Robert Abel Associates- Art Director supporting the firm’s directors, and then director. Receive first of twelve Clio awards and first BDA award. 1986-1988 Jacobs and Gerber Advertising- Broadcast Design Department Coordinator and graphic designer for all CBS News accounts. 1988-1991 Industrial Light Magic/LucasFilm- Art Department Manager, visual effects art director. Coordinated art dept. personnel, provided tours of the facility for clients, and was the visual effects art director on several movies: Indiana Jones and Last Crusade, The Abyss, and Hunt for Red October. 1991-1995 LucasArts Attractions/LucasFilm- Executive Producer/Creative Director. Coordinated art dept. personnel, harvested new business for attractions projects within, and for, LucasFilm. Clients included Disney Studios, Kuma Gai Construction, Matsushita, Universal Studios, and the U.S. Dept. of Commerce. 1995-2001 Industrial Light Magic Commercial Productions/ LucasFilm- Senior commercial director for the studio. Received nine Clio awards during tenure, two Cannes nominations, and several entries into the New York AICP/Museum of Modern Art Show. Clients included Ford, Chevrolet, First Union Bank, Powerade, Gatorade, and The Giants. 2000-2003 Warner Brothers/Silver Pictures- Film director. Projects include 13 Ghosts and Ghost Ship. Worldwide box office exceeds $136,000,000.00. 2002- 2004 Reactor- Commercial Film Director 2005- 2012 Rhythm + Hues Studios- Commercial Film Director. Clients include Volkswagen, GMC, Regions Bank, Jack Rouse and Associates, and Ferrari. 2012 to present- Freelance Film Director, Designer, Screenwriter, Novelist, and conceptualist and senior partner for Internet startup endeavor Virtual World Suns, LLC. AWARDS (partial list) AICP Award for Visual Effects “Noise” AICP Award for Visual Effects Production Design “Launch” AICP Award for Visual Effects “Cityscape” BPME Award for ABC “Together” Campaign Cannes Bronze Lion for Nissan “Pigeons” Clio Award for Computer Animation Television/Cinema “Noise” Clio Award for Direction, Visual Style Television/Cinema “Launch” Clio Award for Cinematography, Television/Cinema “Launch” Clio Award for BMW “Penguin” Clio Award for Best Graphics for Olympic Stain “Blueprint” Clio Award for Computer Animation for Olympic Stain, ”Blueprint” Clio Award for Best Graphics for Samsung “Growing Technology” Clio Award for Computer Animation for Samsung “Growing Technology” International Automotive Advertising Award for BMW “Penguin” International Film and TV Festival of New York, Silver Award for Samsung “Growing NCGA Silver Medal for ABC “Together” Campaign NSGA Silver Award for Samsung “Growing Technology” NGCA Tournee Award for Benson and Hedges “Magic” Mobius Award for Dodge “Hang 10”

Creator:
Steven Michael Beck (American)
Creation Year:
Contemporary
Dimensions:
Height: 11.5 in (29.21 cm)Width: 19.5 in (49.53 cm)Depth: 11.5 in (29.21 cm)
Medium:
Bronze
Period:
21st Century
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Palm Springs, CA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU1622478022

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