Carsten Beck has a graphic design, illustration and photography background. Though it was only in late 2019 that he started to experiment with translating his graphic sketches into living oil on canvas, he became an overnight success in the international art world and his works can be found in galleries from Milan to New York. Geometric sections of bright colours and monumental, black-and-white works are the hallmarks of this self-taught artist, who draws inspiration from concrete art: a form of art based on a simple, non-figurative idiom and clean lines. Though the heyday of concrete art was the mid- 20th century, there is something about its expression that transcends time, making it easy to revisit and adapt – year after year.