Jeffrey Beebe at Bravin Lee Programs

In Jeffrey Beebe’s richly imagined worlds, he pits ‘the Uncles’ – leaders of the Rover clans – against the ‘Red Soil Boys’ – a bellicose neighboring group who initiated an attack that wiped out many Uncles. In this detail from a grid of lost Uncles, Beebe introduces one of his fantastical creatures – a 21 ft long giant whose horn ‘improved both echolocation and moral indignation.’ (At Bravin Lee Programs in Chelsea through Oct 15th).

Uncles Exterminated During the Tyranny of Manifest Fairnesses, ink, watercolor, gouache on paper, 45 x 72 inches, 2016.
Jeffrey Beebe, detail from ‘Uncles Exterminated During the Tyranny of Manifest Fairnesses,’ ink, watercolor, gouache on paper, 45 x 72 inches, 2016.