The Resource Forrest Bess : seeing things invisible, Clare Elliott ; with a contribution by Robert Gober
Forrest Bess : seeing things invisible, Clare Elliott ; with a contribution by Robert Gober
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The item Forrest Bess : seeing things invisible, Clare Elliott ; with a contribution by Robert Gober represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item Forrest Bess : seeing things invisible, Clare Elliott ; with a contribution by Robert Gober represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
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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"--
- "Accompanying the first museum exhibition of the work of Texas artist Forrest Bess (1911-1977) in over twenty years and featuring new analysis and an expansion of sculptor Robert Gober's project for the 2012 Whitney Biennial, this fully-illustrated catalogue provide a fresh look at this compelling but under-recognized artist"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 111 pages
- Note
- "Published in conjunction with the exhibition Forrest Bess: Seeing Things Invisible organized and circulated by The Menil Collection, Houston."
- Contents
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- Primer of basic primordial symbolism
- Foreword and acknowledgments
- Josef Helfenstein
- Forrest Bess :
- seeing things invisible
- Clare Elliott
- Artworks
- The man that got away
- Robert Gober
- Isbn
- 9780300189735
- Label
- Forrest Bess : seeing things invisible
- Title
- Forrest Bess
- Title remainder
- seeing things invisible
- Statement of responsibility
- Clare Elliott ; with a contribution by Robert Gober
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "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"--
- "Accompanying the first museum exhibition of the work of Texas artist Forrest Bess (1911-1977) in over twenty years and featuring new analysis and an expansion of sculptor Robert Gober's project for the 2012 Whitney Biennial, this fully-illustrated catalogue provide a fresh look at this compelling but under-recognized artist"--
- Assigning source
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- Provided by publisher
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 759.13
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- N6537.B476
- LC item number
- A4 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- bibliography
- catalogs
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
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- 1954-
- 1911-1977
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Elliott, Clare
- Gober, Robert
- Bess, Forrest
- Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.)
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Bess, Forrest
- Bess, Forrest
- ART
- ART
- ART
- Label
- Forrest Bess : seeing things invisible, Clare Elliott ; with a contribution by Robert Gober
- Note
- "Published in conjunction with the exhibition Forrest Bess: Seeing Things Invisible organized and circulated by The Menil Collection, Houston."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-109)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Primer of basic primordial symbolism
- Foreword and acknowledgments
- Josef Helfenstein
- Forrest Bess :
- seeing things invisible
- Clare Elliott
- Artworks
- The man that got away
- Robert Gober
- Control code
- ocn843454356
- Dimensions
- 28 cm
- Extent
- 111 pages
- Isbn
- 9780300189735
- Lccn
- 2013001552
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)843454356
- Label
- Forrest Bess : seeing things invisible, Clare Elliott ; with a contribution by Robert Gober
- Note
- "Published in conjunction with the exhibition Forrest Bess: Seeing Things Invisible organized and circulated by The Menil Collection, Houston."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-109)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Primer of basic primordial symbolism
- Foreword and acknowledgments
- Josef Helfenstein
- Forrest Bess :
- seeing things invisible
- Clare Elliott
- Artworks
- The man that got away
- Robert Gober
- Control code
- ocn843454356
- Dimensions
- 28 cm
- Extent
- 111 pages
- Isbn
- 9780300189735
- Lccn
- 2013001552
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)843454356
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