Originalitude (ebook)
The Amazing Paintings of ARTHUR BELL
A well-illustrated catalogue for "Originalitude: The Amazing Paintings of Arthur Bell," a retrospective of the work of the San Francisco visionary and eccentric at Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica CA, January 11-February 10, 2013. Although the artist was not well known to the Bay Area art world, the paintings that he made over a thirty-year period are extraordinary mixtures of fantasy and mordant humor; he's a Surrealist Dr. Seuss, The book's author, the art critic DeWitt Cheng, called Bell in a 2010 review in Artillery magazine, "an American Ensor."
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Arts & Photography
About the Author
DeWit Cheng is a freelance art writer who covers the San Francisco Bay area for print (Art Ltd., Artillery, Sculpture, East Bay Monthly, Art Voices) and web (VisualArtSource, HuffingtonPost) publications, as well as his blog, DewittCheng.com. He has a background in art history and studio art, and has taught and curated in addition to writing criticism.
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