“Beckman’s narrative are frought with enigma but she has a recurring core of thematic preoccupations—competition, cognition, role-playing, organization of ground rules, “the coordination of the self in the physical world”—which have characterized her work for the past half-dozen years. With its sing-song voice tracks, choreographed calisthenics and iconic use of sports equipment or cheerleaders, the Beckman oeuvre is something like the Jane Fonda Work-Out Book of the avant-garde. If anything, many find her work too entertaining to take seriously…”
