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ecology of the Gulf region after the massive oil spill at the BP drilling platform.


For the next ten years Beasley continued to make transparent sculptures which were exhibited widely both in the US and abroad, including solo exhibitions in 1972 at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the San Diego Museum of Art, and group shows including the Salon de Mai in Paris and at Expo 70 in Osaka, Japan, as well as many of the New Technology exhibitions being held around the US.


In 1980, Beasley turned back to metal, exploring a more formal geometry with a series of large sculptures produced in both stainless steel and aluminum. He created a number of monumental commissions for public institutions including the San Francisco International Airport; Stanford University; the State of California; the State of Alaska; the Miami International Airport; the City of Eugene, Oregon; and Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jersey.


In 1987, he turned to a new direction of work involving cube-like intersecting polyhedra. While most of these were made in cast or fabricated bronze, he also created them in carved granite. This work has been shown worldwide in more than 100 exhibitions in Europe and Asia. Public commissions for this series have included the cities of Oakland,


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