Beck, Al Hansen, and the new Art Rock
Barney Hoskyns, World Art, September 1998
LAST MAY, "Beck and Al Hansen: Playing With Matches" opened at the Santa Monica Museum of Art. This fall and winter the exhibition can be seen in New York (September 12 – October 17 at the Thread Waxing Space) and Winnipeg (November 14 – January 10 at Plug In).
Total word count of piece: 3785
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