Searching for a new world

Written By RWhitcomb-editor
“Metamorphic Mouse” (acrylic on canvas), by Stephen Beccia, in his joint show with Richard Cross at the Loading Dock Gallery, Lowell, Mass., through Aug. 29.The gallery says the show “explores contemporary figurative art, inspired by the Cubism and Pop movements of the 20th Century with the nuances, icons and mediums of the 21st.‘‘Strong influences of Basquiat and Picasso appear in Beccia’s work in geometric shapes as well as a look at the surreal and familiar. He explains he’s ‘searching for a world of design and color that does not yet exist.’’’

“Metamorphic Mouse” (acrylic on canvas), by Stephen Beccia, in his joint show with Richard Cross at the Loading Dock Gallery, Lowell, Mass., through Aug. 29.

The gallery says the show “explores contemporary figurative art, inspired by the Cubism and Pop movements of the 20th Century with the nuances, icons and mediums of the 21st.

‘‘Strong influences of Basquiat and Picasso appear in Beccia’s work in geometric shapes as well as a look at the surreal and familiar. He explains he’s ‘searching for a world of design and color that does not yet exist.’’’

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