FORREST BESS. KEY TO THE RIDDLE
Language: English
Published by PowerHouse Books, New York, 2013
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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11 1/4'' x 9''. 168pp. Paintings based on alchemy, Jungian philosophy, and aboriginal rituals.
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- Title
- FORREST BESS. KEY TO THE RIDDLE
- Author
- Smith, Chuck
- Publisher
- PowerHouse Books, New York
- Publication year
- 2013
- Condition
- Fine.
- Dust jacket
- Fine.
- Binding
- Hard cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1576876225
- ISBN 13
- 9781576876220
- Edition
- First edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Art
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.
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About the Author
Robert Thurman is Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies in the Department of Religion at Columbia University, President of Tibet House U.S., and President of the American Institute of Buddhist Studies. He has BA, AM, and PhD degrees from Harvard and has studied in Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in India and the United States. The New York Times recently hailed him as "the leading American expert on Tibetan Buddhism."
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