Ericka Beckman Out of Hand Storyboard Poster

Produced in conjunction with the exhibition Ericka Beckman: Power of the Spin, this poster features a reproduction of the artwork Out of Hand Storyboard (detail), 1981, by Ericka Beckman.

A filmmaker who came to prominence in the late 1970s, Ericka Beckman is considered a key figure of the Pictures Generation, a group of American conceptual artists who appropriated images from popular culture for the purpose of cultural critique. Distinct from many artists working in the medium of film, Beckman takes an emphatically handmade approach to her work, making her own props and sets, as well as elaborate preparatory drawings. Her practice deals with gameplay and systems, often adopting and subverting classic tropes like fairytales to challenge societal norms.