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The Essential Paul Laffoley : Works from the Boston Visionary Cell by Paul Laffoley (2016, Hardcover)

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Paul Laffoley, who once worked for Frederick Kiesler and Andy Warhol, emerged in recent years as one of the leading visionary artists of our time. Lavishly illustrated, The Essential Paul Laffoley documents the evolution of his unique intellectual, spiritual, and artistic approaches. Living and working in a tiny space in Boston he called the "Boston Visionary Cell," Laffoley became best known for his large mandala-like paintings filled with symbols and texts. Their titles range from the paranormal and arcane, such as The Ectoplasmic Man and The Sexuality of Robots , to the organic, as with Das Urpflanze Haus , to the erudite, including De Rerum Natura , a reference to the Roman poet Lucretius. Whether focused on working with plants to create living architecture or centered on the process of alchemy, these detailed, brilliantly colored works reflect Laffoley's utopian hopes and transdisciplinary interests: throughout, he aimed to unite the boundless freedom of human imagination with the mathematical precision of the physical world. Nearly one hundred of Laffoley's works are showcased here along with his accompanying "thought-forms," texts specific to each painting that comment on its particular content. Together with an introduction by editor and gallerist Douglas Walla, a biography by fellow artist Steven Moskowitz, and essays by scholars Linda Dalrymple Henderson and Arielle Saiber, this book is a long-awaited celebration of the theories, writings, and artworks of an extraordinary mind.

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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
022631541x
ISBN-13
9780226315416
eBay Product ID (ePID)
9038261836

Product Key Features

Book Title
Essential Paul Laffoley : Works from the Boston Visionary Cell
Author
Paul Laffoley
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
History / Contemporary (1945-), Individual Artists / Monographs, American / General
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Art
Number of Pages
320 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
11in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
11in
Item Weight
62.2 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
N6537.L335e87 2016
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Imagine if Picasso or Dalí hadn't been discovered as teenagers whose genius would flower and develop in the public eye, but as senior citizens with a fully-formed body of mature work in the closet. This is a document of seismic cultural importance., This Stunning, Indeed Mind-Boggling, Monograph Is the Ultimate Resource on the Art of Paul Laffoley., Imagine if Picasso or Dalí hadn't been discovered as teenagers whose genius would flower and develop in the public eye, but as senior citizens with a fully formed body of mature work in the closet. This is a document of seismic cultural importance., Imagine if Picasso or Dalí hadn't been discovered as teenagers whose genius would flower and develop in the public eye, but as senior citizens with a fully formed body of mature work in the closet. This is a document of seismic cultural importance., Imagine if Picasso or Dal hadn't been discovered as teenagers whose genius would flower and develop in the public eye, but as senior citizens with a fully formed body of mature work in the closet. This is a document of seismic cultural importance., This important book in the genre provides a complete retrospective of Laffoley's works, which was lacking during much of his artistic career., Imagine if Picasso or Dal hadn't been discovered as teenagers whose genius would flower and develop in the public eye, but as senior citizens with a fully formed body of mature work in the closet. This is a document of seismic cultural importance., Walla provides an essential and informative study that complements Laffoley's complex painted and constructed visionary narratives. . . . Highly recommended.
Table of Content
Introduction 1 The Navigator Douglas Walla 2 A Brush with Complexity Steve Moskowitz 3 Laffoley and Dante's Other Worlds Arielle Saiber 4 Paul Laffoley and Dimensionality: Visionary Painting as a System of Knowledge Linda Dalrymple Henderson 5 Works from the Boston Visionary Cell and Accompanying Thought-Forms Paul Laffoley List of Plates Acknowledgments Contributors Notes Bibliography
Copyright Date
2016
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2015-018765
Dewey Decimal
709.2
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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by tolus43Jun 11, 2019
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Beautiful Plates with nice to-the-point captions. Very informative for learning about the work of Mr. Laffoley and what he was trying to accomplish.
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