The next program in The Broad’s Un-Private Collection series features a conversation with Broad collection artist Ericka Beckman and visual artist Matt Mullican. Both Beckman and Mullican attended California Institute for the Arts (CalArts) in the 1970s and consider Los Angeles to be important to the development of their art practice, and in particular, their years at CalArts. Their conversation will touch upon CalArts in the 1970’s—a period that produced many pioneering artists who played a vital role in shaping an identity for Southern California art and artists—and its place in the evolution of Beckman’s practice as they discuss her innovative video and installation works, in particular the work You The Better (1983/2015), currently on view in The Broad’s collection installation, Oracle.
