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Forrest Bess at Modern Art, London

See images from one notable show every weekday.

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  The Editors of ARTnews
• Nov 19, 2018 3:16 pm

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“Outliers and American Vanguard Art”

Self-taught, modern primitive, visionary, folk artist: for decades, the field of outsider art has been mired in debate over its terminology.

• By
  Wendy Vogel
• Jun 1, 2018 11:25 am

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Forrest Bess and Joan Snyder at Parrasch Heijnen Gallery, Los Angeles

Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.

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  The Editors of ARTnews
• Jun 5, 2017 2:54 pm

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The Living Dead: Why Are Curators Putting Deceased Artists in Contemporary Art Shows?

The peculiar appearance of Forrest Bess, the "pseudo-hermaphrodite" painter, at the 2012 Whitney Biennial still stands out in my memory. The eleven paintings were vivid and haunting, and his story of…

• By
  Dushko Petrovich
• Dec 14, 2015 9:30 am

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L.A.’s Best, 2013—Franklin Sirmans

Franklin Sirmans recalls his favorite 2013 exhibitions from the City of Angels.

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  Franklin Sirmans
• Dec 18, 2013 12:01 pm

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Forrest Bess

Forrest Bess's canvases quiver with colors, textures, shapes and symbols that are at once profoundly familiar and deeply mysterious.

• By
  Kate Green
• Sep 3, 2013 3:58 pm

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Best of Forrest Bess, Via Robert Gober & Menil

Menil Collection surveys brooding work of Forrest Bess, painter and visionary

• By
  Catherine D. Anspon
• Aug 7, 2013 8:00 am