PRAISE LOU
“Funny, smart, twisted, brilliant…the greatest collage artist on the planet…”
TERRY GILLIAM, film director
“I love your art. You are legendary. Much influence — inspiration — on so many.”
RAYMOND PETTIBON, artist
“I love the art of Lou Beach because it cheers me up. Lou Beach’s art is smart, witty, original, and surprising.”
MATT GROENING, creator of The Simpsons
“Original, provocative, definitely outside the box.”
JEFF BRIDGES, actor
“Very precise hallucinations…taking your breath away.”
GEORGE SAUNDERS, author
“His marvelous work makes demands on the viewer, with wit.”
SEYMOUR CHWAST, artist
“Beach’s genius: his imagery is distinctive yet accessible, raucous yet restrained.”
STEVEN HELLER, critic, co-chair School of Visual Arts
PRESS LOU
“Think Joseph Cornell with a sense of humor.”
Chicago magazine
“…hilarious, surreal and vibrant works…”
ArtScene magazine
“…bizarre…reality gone wild…consummate collage.”
ArtBusiness.com
“This guy is endlessly creative…”
Coagula Art Journal
“…intricate scenes with grotesque, sardonic humor recalling that of Dada and Art Brut.”
Annabel Osberg, Artillery magazine
“…pithy, elegant, beautifully crafted and satirical works…”
Barbara Morris, squarecylinder.com
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“He’s worked so hard and so long and so brilliantly with collage that his trust in himself is absolute.”
Brian Buckley, John Molloy Gallery
full essay
“A highly talented artist at the peak of his powers.”
Robert Newman, American Illustration
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“Haunting combinations that would otherwise be nightmarish become the stuff of fairy tales in Beach’s deft hands.”
G. James Daichendt, Visual Art Source/ArtScene
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“Confounding, moving, and unsettling in its complex and multi-textured strangeness.”
Carrie McGrath, Chicagoist
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“One of our greatest living collagists.”
Tony Fitzpatrick, ArtNet
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“…sweetly uproarious orgasms of juxtaposition…”
Peter Frank, The Huffington Post
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“Beautiful, thoughtful, and intelligently absurd collages…”
A. Moret, MutualArt.com
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“His gaze, like his wit, is razor sharp.”
Alan Pocaro, New City
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“…deeply satisfying…inventive, funny, and sometimes slightly disturbing.”
Maria Porges, dailyserving.com
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