Poems. Art. These poetic devotions and intentions, accompanied by whimsical drawings whose apparent simplicity is belied by shadings of a vastly complex subtext, pay homage to various painters: Pollack, Seurat, Vermeer, Picasso, Gorky, Morandi, Degas, Manet, Monet, Van Gogh, Rothko, de Kooning, Guston, O'Keefe, Gaugin, among others. Ranging from intensely serious to intensely playful, the texts create an artistic lineate that allows Basil King to engage in his own explorations using these well-known imagemakers as a ground from which to create new work.
Author City: BROOKLYN, NY USA
Basil King, a prolific, widely collected painter and a writer, first went to Black Mountain at 16. His paintings are in many public and private collections, including Yale University and the New York Public Library. His books of poetry include 77 BEASTS: BASIL KING'S BEASTIARY and MIRAGE: A POEM IN 22 SECTIONS.