The Essential Paul Laffoley: Works from the Boston Visionary Cell
LAFFOLEY, Paul & WALLA, Douglas (ed.)
Language: English
Published by University of Chicago Press, 2016
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- Title
- The Essential Paul Laffoley: Works from the Boston Visionary Cell
- Author
- LAFFOLEY, Paul & WALLA, Douglas (ed.)
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Publication year
- 2016
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 022631541X
- ISBN 13
- 9780226315416
Living and working in a tiny space in Boston he called the “Boston Visionary Cell,” Laffoley became best known for his large mandala-like paintings filled with symbols and texts. Their titles range from the paranormal and arcane, such as The Ectoplasmic Man and The Sexuality of Robots, to the organic, as with Das Urpflanze Haus, to the erudite, including De Rerum Natura, a reference to the Roman poet Lucretius. Whether focused on working with plants to create living architecture or centered on the process of alchemy, these detailed, brilliantly colored works reflect Laffoley’s utopian hopes and transdisciplinary interests: throughout, he aimed to unite the boundless freedom of human imagination with the mathematical precision of the physical world.
Nearly one hundred of Laffoley’s works are showcased here along with his accompanying “thought-forms,” texts specific to each painting that comment on its particular content. Together with an introduction by editor and gallerist Douglas Walla, a biography by fellow artist Steven Moskowitz, and essays by scholars Linda Dalrymple Henderson and Arielle Saiber, this book is a long-awaited celebration of the theories, writings, and artworks of an extraordinary mind.
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About the Author
Douglas Walla is the founder of Kent Fine Art in New York.
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