A Solution For Arthur

Born in Harare, currently based in NYC and Amsterdam, James Beckett is what Jane Austen might call “very accomplished”.

Winner of the Prix de Rome for Art in Public Space after a residency at the Rijksakademie, he has exhibited in the Venice Biennale, with work in the permanent collections of places like Stedelijk Museum and Centre Pompidou, yet still, he can’t resist the urge to kill a darling here and there, and that of course is my cue to sniff him out and hold him accountable for his crimes! Elusive in the best of times, and busy with an ambitious new public art project, (that we didn’t even get to), yet for your sake, I managed to pin him down for some witty repartee and a bit of arty-farty banter. It probably helps that we’ve been friends for aeons, and-spoiler alert-we didn’t shy away from memory lane. The work, part of the project, “My Friend André’s Grandmother’s Sawmill”, is not at all what you might expect, and you are in for a treat! This is a real piece de la resistance as Dead Darlings go. Listen as James peels away all the layers, and gives you a chance to bid and take this work home.

This piece must be picked up in Amsterdam, or shipped professionally. We are too scared of cracking the museum glass ; ). Subscribe to Darling Killers and find James work at our signature Resurrauction at 1 euro starting price!