Contemporary Art Fair, New York
At the 2012 Contemporary Art Fair in New York, Beba presented a series of line-based figurative works and modular installations that showcased the birth of her now-distinct visual language—minimal, fluid, and rooted in movement. The display combined drawings, sculptural frames, and glass pieces, offering viewers an intimate encounter with her evolving world of rhythm and form.
In 2012, Beba presented a focused selection of works at the Contemporary Art Fair in New York—an early public moment that revealed the foundations of her distinctive visual language. The booth brought together line drawings, miniature studies, sculptural screens, and hand-painted glass objects, forming a curated landscape of movement and restraint.
At the center of the presentation stood a modular folding screen composed of twelve ink figures. Each frame held a body in mid-gesture, creating a fluid choreography that shifted as visitors moved around the structure. Nearby, a sequence of small, concentrated drawings invited slow viewing, demonstrating the precision and elegance achievable on an intimate scale. Surrounding wall pieces introduced the first emergence of color within Beba’s practice—bold, rhythmic arcs and patterned forms that expanded her minimal line into new emotional registers.
The presentation highlighted the artist’s preoccupation with balance, motion, and the suspended instant. Whether rendered in monochrome or vibrant hues, each figure suggested a world in which bodies are both grounded and weightless, defined and yet dissolving into gesture.
This early appearance at the Contemporary Art Fair marked a significant step in Beba’s artistic evolution. It offered audiences their first glimpse of the visual vocabulary that would continue to evolve—one built on clarity, rhythm, and the quiet intensity of the drawn line.
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