Carsten Beck

Carsten Beck is a Danish artist and designer that originally worked in the fields of graphic design, illustration, and photography. When he began to experiment with translating his graphic sketches into oil on canvas and lithography in 2019, he became an overnight success in the international art world.

Beck depicts angular, geometric forms and twisting asymmetrical perspectives. Using oil paint to create his architectural language, he draws inspiration from Scandinavian minimalist and mid-century design to dominate sharp forms whilst still creating areas of negative space. Almost exclusively working in monochrome, the contrasting shapes work to subvert and affect the spaces they inhabit almost as optical illusions.

The monumental nature of Beck’s canvases is a mix of geometric perspectives of shapes with a mathematician’s attention to detail and Scandinavian minimalist design. This allows him to create work that is both of fine art and of staggering precision. The incredibly intentional quality of Beck’s work is reflective and carries power within in it that rises above the superficial to produce work that is harmonious in its careful balance of forms.