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Julie Becker @ ICA, London

PHOTOGRAPHY /

Courtesy of
The Artist

The Museum of
Contemporary Art,
Los Angeles

Greene Naftali,
New York
&
Institute of
Contemporary
Arts (ICA)

Installation views +
Opening day image,
Mark Blower

CREDITS /

July 10, 2018

2-TIMES · Art
Julie Becker,
I must create a
Master Piece to
pay the Rent
’ @ 
Institute of 
Contemporary 
Arts (ICA)
— 

A (sub)urban 
imaginary, in which 
filmic fantasy and 
the desire for self-
realisation are 
deeply entangled 
with social and 
economic fragility.” 

I Must Create a 
Master Piece to 
Pay the Rent: 
Is the first survey
exhibition devoted
to the work of the
late Los-Angeles-
born, Echo Park-
based Julie Becker 
(1972–2016) – and
presents a body of
installations, sculpture,
drawings, photographs
and video that speak
to the language and
mythology of the
late 20th century
American Dream
turned nightmare...  

I try to mimic the 
process of how we 
think and integrate 
ourselves into the 
world so that we can 
see without dividers
— 
Characters abstracted 
from real life and 
locations taken out 
of books and movies 
all interact within 
these walls, and invite 
the viewer to travel 
with them
— 
I hope my work 
will move people – 
from one place 
to another!” 

On view at: 
Institute of 
Contemporary Arts 
(ICA).

The Mall, St. James's,
London SW1Y 5AH,
United Kingdom. 

Closes: 
August 12, 2018.