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Bob Thompson: So let us all be citizens - Clarion
Bob Thompson
Bob Thompson: So let us all be citizens - Clarion
Bob Thompson
A colorful, fantastical, and musical body of work by the painter Bob Thompson 'Thompson, who finally seems to be on fame's doorstep, invents in much the same way: he makes you feel how it might have felt to see a picture of an angel for the first time.' - The New Yorker Influenced by jazz music, Bob Thompson painted spirited, colorful compositions that feature an interplay of bodies, allegories, and natural landscapes while reconfiguring European masterworks. Though his career as a painter spanned only a brief period, from 1958 to his untimely death at age twenty-eight in 1966, Thompson left behind a singular and influential body of figurative work that remains vitally resonant. Looking at his particular consideration of color, line, and figuration-developed during a period when abstraction was the dominant trend in American art-this intimate exhibition catalogue, the seventh volume in the Clarion series, pays homage to the friction Thompson generated between his proximity to and deviation from canonical sources.
The phrase 'So let us all be citizens,' taken from a speech the artist gave as a teenager, forecasted his passion for the tenets of freedom and expression, and encapsulates the power of Thompson's work in widening the scope of what is imaginable in contemporary painting and for whom. With an introduction by Ebony L. Haynes, this publication expands upon Thompson's dynamic practice and features works that spotlight his signature high-contrast palette.
96 pages, 35 Illustrations, color
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
To be released | October 24, 2024 |
ISBN13 | 9781644231265 |
Publishers | David Zwirner |
Pages | 112 |
Dimensions | 340 g |
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