Amanda Beech is an multi-media artist and theorist living in Los Angeles. Drawing from popular culture, critical philosophy, and real events, her work explores the condition of image-force and the question of a realist art in the context of contingency. Beech has contributed to the anthologies Speculative Aesthetics (Urbanomic 2014), Realism, Materialism, Art (Sternberg Press 2015), and has exhibited work in the Montreal and Irish Biennials (2014) and Beirut City Forum, 2015.
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About the Graduate Lecture Series
The Graduate Lecture Series enables students and the general public to engage with emerging and established artists, curators, critics, and historians from local and international art communities.
The Graduate Lecture Series is free and open to the public.
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Image Credit: Amanda Beech, "Covenant Transport Move or Die," 2015. Video still Courtesy of the artist.