"The eccentric visionary artist Forrest Bess (1911-1977) spent most of his life on the Texas coast working as a commercial fisherman. In his spare time, however, he painted prolifically, creating an extraordinary body of work rich with enigmatic symbolism. Bess experienced hallucinations that both frightened and intrigued him, and he incorporated images from these visions into small-scale abstract paintings starting in the mid-1940s.His canvases attracted an underground following, and between 1949 and 1967, Betty Parsons ...
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"The eccentric visionary artist Forrest Bess (1911-1977) spent most of his life on the Texas coast working as a commercial fisherman. In his spare time, however, he painted prolifically, creating an extraordinary body of work rich with enigmatic symbolism. Bess experienced hallucinations that both frightened and intrigued him, and he incorporated images from these visions into small-scale abstract paintings starting in the mid-1940s.His canvases attracted an underground following, and between 1949 and 1967, Betty Parsons organized six solo exhibitions of Bess's work at her prominent New York City gallery. Since then, the art world has periodically rediscovered his work, most recently through a 2012 Whitney Biennial installation by American sculptor Robert Gober, which further exposed Bess's psychological, medical, and religious theories. Forrest Bess: Seeing Things Invisible is the artist's first museum retrospective with catalogue in the United States and offers a fresh look at Bess's work and a better understanding of this curious and complicated artist"--
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Very Good; Hardcover; Light wear to the covers; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75"-11.75" tall); 1.7 lbs; Red and white art illustration to the front cover with tan cloth over the spine and title in black lettering; 2013, The Menil Collection; 112 pages; "Forrest Bess: Seeing Things Invisible, " by Clare Elliott.
Add this copy of Forrest Bess: Seeing Things Invisible to cart. $200.00, like new condition, Sold by Exquisite Corpse Booksellers rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Houston, TX, UNITED STATES, published 2013 by The Menil Collection, Houston.
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Fine Condition. No Jacket, As Issued. Book 112 pages color illustrations throughout. Illustrated boards. Still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap, so the binding is tight, and interior presumably clean and free of markings. Contribution by Robert Gober. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from the Menil Collection, Houston, Texas April 18-August 19, 2013. Biography.
Add this copy of Forrest Bess: Seeing Things Invisible to cart. $201.98, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2013 by The Menil Collection.
