John WesleyOver the course of the past 40 years, painter John Wesley has created a remarkably singular body of work whose subject is no less than the American psyche. While many artists of his generation have used popular images to explore the cultural landscape, Wesley has employed comic strip style and compositional rigor to make deeply personal, often hermetic paintings that strike at the core of our most primal fears, joys and desires. In this first volume ever to collect the entire iconic Bumstead series, which spans from 1974 until the present, we are introduced to several paintings that have never been reproduced before. These are dark and erotic works, sly and witty without ever giving too much away. Linda Norden described them thus in Parkett 62: "The Bumstead paintings--whether detailing scenes of domestic misunderstanding, zooming in on off-camera moments of bafflement or simply scanning empty halls and walls for private memories--are excruciatingly specific representations of the gulfs between feeling and comprehension... smart, funny, startling, irreverently empathetic and often heartbreaking, they are a welcome antidote to more laborious discourse." With an insightful new essay by Robert Hobbs. |
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... never had a complete and scholarly edition of his writings . The only " collected edi- tion " in his own lifetime ... never re- vised ; its lack of a critical apparatus never repaired . A photo - offset repro- duction of the 1872 reprint ...
... never had a complete and scholarly edition of his writings . The only " collected edi- tion " in his own lifetime ... never re- vised ; its lack of a critical apparatus never repaired . A photo - offset repro- duction of the 1872 reprint ...
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... never make you a saunterer or a sluggard , but if you are not upon your guard , may , possibly before you are aware , make you a Quaker . Nay , " perceptible inspiration " admitted , you ought to be such ; for I will be bold to say that ...
... never make you a saunterer or a sluggard , but if you are not upon your guard , may , possibly before you are aware , make you a Quaker . Nay , " perceptible inspiration " admitted , you ought to be such ; for I will be bold to say that ...
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... never been published in its entirety . 38. Journal , 1 , 376-400 . 39. Cf. Journal , I , 137 , 319 , 322. See also Thomas Bray , Bibliotheca Parochialis ... ( 1707 ) . 40. Of these last , one was already a classic of Lutheran pietism ...
... never been published in its entirety . 38. Journal , 1 , 376-400 . 39. Cf. Journal , I , 137 , 319 , 322. See also Thomas Bray , Bibliotheca Parochialis ... ( 1707 ) . 40. Of these last , one was already a classic of Lutheran pietism ...
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... never by my consent call me ' bishop . ' For my sake , for God's sake , for Christ's sake , put a full end to this ! " 90. Journal , VII , 295 ; Letters , VII , 294 , 387 ; VIII , 73 , 91 ; see also Asbury , Journal and Letters , I ...
... never by my consent call me ' bishop . ' For my sake , for God's sake , for Christ's sake , put a full end to this ! " 90. Journal , VII , 295 ; Letters , VII , 294 , 387 ; VIII , 73 , 91 ; see also Asbury , Journal and Letters , I ...
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... never to have felt the impulse to produce anything re- sembling a comprehensive exposition of his theological ideas — and this may have been just as well . Short doctrinal summaries are scattered throughout his writings , and these give ...
... never to have felt the impulse to produce anything re- sembling a comprehensive exposition of his theological ideas — and this may have been just as well . Short doctrinal summaries are scattered throughout his writings , and these give ...
Contents
V | 41 |
VI | 51 |
VIII | 70 |
IX | 73 |
X | 77 |
XI | 80 |
XII | 82 |
XIII | 84 |
XXXI | 231 |
XXXII | 238 |
XXXIII | 251 |
XXXIV | 252 |
XXXV | 271 |
XXXVI | 283 |
XXXVII | 298 |
XXXVIII | 306 |
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