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Forrest Bess : Key to the Riddle, Hardcover by Smith, Chuck; Thurman, Robert ...
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781576876220
- Book Title
- Forrest Bess : Key to the Riddle
- Publisher
- powerHouse Books
- Item Length
- 11 in
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Genre
- Art, Social Science
- Topic
- Individual Artists / General, Techniques / Painting, Gender Studies, American / General
- Item Weight
- 40.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 8.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 160 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
powerHouse Books
ISBN-10
1576876225
ISBN-13
9781576876220
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117173184
Product Key Features
Book Title
Forrest Bess : Key to the Riddle
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Topic
Individual Artists / General, Techniques / Painting, Gender Studies, American / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Art, Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
40.5 Oz
Item Length
11 in
Item Width
8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2013-933486
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Smith compiled the painter's works and letters to take us inside the mind of the enigmatic artist." -Huffington Post
Dewey Decimal
759.13
Synopsis
Painter, fisherman, pseudo-hermaphrodite-- Forrest Bess lived his life in obscurity at an isolated bait camp off the east coast of Texas. From 1949 through 1967, Bess showed at the Betty Parsons Gallery in New York City, alongside superstar artists such as Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. Rediscovered after his death in 1977, Bess's small visionary paintings are now prized by museums and collectors for their primal beauty, and can fetch over $200,000 apiece. Bess's treasured canvases were only part of a grander theory--based on alchemy, Jungian philosophy, and aboriginal rituals--that proposed that hermaphrodism was the key to immortality. As an artist, Bess could never equivocate, and in 1960 he underwent an operation to become a pseudo-hermaphrodite. For the first time ever in print, Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle combines the beauty of Bess's art with the drama and tragedy of his personal life. Using Bess's own hauntingly sincere words (in letters to Betty Parsons, Meyer Schapiro, and others) the book traces the life and logic of this forgotten artist and explains how a love of beauty and a desire for wholeness lead Bess to self-surgery and, ultimately, a mental hospital. Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle is a fascinating look at one of America's most notorious cult visionaries--a man who truly believed that art could save his life., Painter, fisherman, pseudo-hermaphrodite-Forrest Bess lived his life in obscurity at an isolated bait camp off the east coast of Texas. From 1949 through 1967, Bess showed at the Betty Parsons Gallery in New York City, alongside superstar artists such as Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. Rediscovered after his death in 1977, Bess's small visionary paintings are now prized by museums and collectors for their primal beauty, and can fetch over $200,000 apiece. Bess's treasured canvases were only part of a grander theory-based on alchemy, Jungian philosophy, and aboriginal rituals-that proposed that hermaphrodism was the key to immortality. As an artist, Bess could never equivocate, and in 1960 he underwent an operation to become a pseudo-hermaphrodite. For the first time ever in print, Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle combines the beauty of Bess's art with the drama and tragedy of his personal life. Using Bess's own hauntingly sincere words (in letters to Betty Parsons, Meyer Schapiro, and others) the book traces the life and logic of this forgotten artist and explains how a love of beauty and a desire for wholeness lead Bess to self-surgery and, ultimately, a mental hospital. Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle is a fascinating look at one of America's most notorious cult visionaries-a man who truly believed that art could save his life., Forrest Bess is a fascinating look at an artist who truly believed that art could save his life. Painter, fisherman and pseudo-hermaphrodite, Forrest Bess lived his life in obscurity at an isolated bait camp off the East Coast of Texas. From 1949 through to 1967, Bess showed at the Betty Parsons Gallery in New York City, along with superstar artists like Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. Rediscovered after his death in 1977, Bess' small visionary paintings are now prized by museums and collectors for their primal beauty and fetch over £100,000 each.
LC Classification Number
ND237
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