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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... Discipline in the Minutes of the Confer- ences , 1744-47 , 134 The Rules of the United Societies , 177 Rules of the Bands , 180 A Plain Account of Genuine Christianity , 181 II . Faith and the Assurance of Faith , 197 xi.
... Discipline in the Minutes of the Confer- ences , 1744-47 , 134 The Rules of the United Societies , 177 Rules of the Bands , 180 A Plain Account of Genuine Christianity , 181 II . Faith and the Assurance of Faith , 197 xi.
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... Societies , 298 V. Church and Sacraments , 306 Of the Church , 308 On Baptism , 317 The Duty of Constant Communion , 332 Part Three : Theologies in Conflict Introduction to Part Three , 347 I. The Rift with the Moravians : Journal , Nov ...
... Societies , 298 V. Church and Sacraments , 306 Of the Church , 308 On Baptism , 317 The Duty of Constant Communion , 332 Part Three : Theologies in Conflict Introduction to Part Three , 347 I. The Rift with the Moravians : Journal , Nov ...
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... Societies ( 1921 ) , 87 ff . 22. One of their guides was Robert Nelson , the learned Nonjuror whose Com- panion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England ( 1704 ) and Great Duty of Frequenting the Christian Sacrifice ( 1734 ) ...
... Societies ( 1921 ) , 87 ff . 22. One of their guides was Robert Nelson , the learned Nonjuror whose Com- panion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England ( 1704 ) and Great Duty of Frequenting the Christian Sacrifice ( 1734 ) ...
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... societies , see Josiah Woodward , An Account of the Rise and Progress of the Religious Societies in the City of London , and of their Endeavours for the Ref- ormation of Manners , 3 ed . ( 1712 ) . 52. Journal , II , 83 , 84. Cf ...
... societies , see Josiah Woodward , An Account of the Rise and Progress of the Religious Societies in the City of London , and of their Endeavours for the Ref- ormation of Manners , 3 ed . ( 1712 ) . 52. Journal , II , 83 , 84. Cf ...
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... Societies and continued in the development of a distinctive pattern of order and discipline for " the people called Methodists . " 62 With their organization of societies , classes and bands , the brothers Wesley 63 provided their ...
... Societies and continued in the development of a distinctive pattern of order and discipline for " the people called Methodists . " 62 With their organization of societies , classes and bands , the brothers Wesley 63 provided their ...
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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