The Institute of Contemporary Arts is hosting a retrospective on the art of Julie Becker presenting her rich body of work, including installations, sculpture, photography and film. The exhibition, “I must create a Master Piece to pay the Rent” is an extraordinary representation of Becker’s singular aesthetic vision.

Julie Becker is a late artist who produced a legendary, yet underrepresented body of work that reflects the language and mythology of the late 20th century American Dream turned nightmare. She drew from sources as diverse as Stephen King’s “The Shining”, Disney’s fantasy “The Gnome-Mobile” and Kay Thompson’s children’s book series “Eloise”. Within Becker’s drawings and videos of dreamlike scenarios, and architectural spaces, the shared cultural references are merged with a peculiar, and at times, dark aura of childish wonder and projection. In her work, interior spaces appear psychically charged and provisional, conjuring sites for potential refuge and fantastical escape.

The exhibition is free to attend and will run until the 12th of August.