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OverviewArt writing, theory, poetry and more from a leading champion of “painting as a poetic act” This unprecedented collection compiles the writings of artist and poet Jesse Murry (1948–93), an extraordinary thinker who believed in the capacity of painting to hold the complexity of human meaning. Painting Is a Supreme Fiction brings together Murry’s published art criticism with previously unpublished philosophical writing and poetry from 1980 to his tragic death from AIDS-related illness at the age of 44. The result is a portrait of an original mind who sought to unite the histories of Romantic landscape painting with the realities of Black experience through “a belief in the restorative and creative powers of the imagination.” No artist before occupied the exact intersections Murry created through his work, which aimed to reclaim “painting as a poetic act” amid the “death of painting” discourse of the 1980s. In addition to Murry’s writings, this volume also includes reproductions of selected paintings; excerpts from a a pair of panel discussions on art criticism and expressionism that took place in 1980; as well as transcriptions of two of the artist's notebooks, in which the spatialization of the words across the page approaches the condition of thought. Painting Is a Supreme Fiction presents Jesse Murry in his own words, offering intimate access to this remarkable figure. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jesse Murry , Jarrett Earnest , Hilton AlsPublisher: Soberscove Press Imprint: Soberscove Press Dimensions: Width: 16.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.544kg ISBN: 9781940190303ISBN 10: 1940190304 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 11 November 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsJesse Murry’s abstract seascapes enabled him to explore the inner world of the mind while infusing his art with his life as a gay Black man. -- Jarrett Earnest * New York Review of Books * Reading Painting Is a Supreme Fiction is a profoundly moving experience, as is looking at a Jesse Murry painting—such is the effectiveness of his communication with paint and with words. -- Sheryl Oppenheim * BOMB * Jesse Murry's abstract seascapes enabled him to explore the inner world of the mind while infusing his art with his life as a gay Black man.--Jarrett Earnest New York Review of Books Reading Painting Is a Supreme Fiction is a profoundly moving experience, as is looking at a Jesse Murry painting--such is the effectiveness of his communication with paint and with words.--Sheryl Oppenheim BOMB "Jesse Murry's abstract seascapes enabled him to explore the inner world of the mind while infusing his art with his life as a gay Black man.--Jarrett Earnest ""New York Review of Books"" Reading Painting Is a Supreme Fiction is a profoundly moving experience, as is looking at a Jesse Murry painting--such is the effectiveness of his communication with paint and with words.--Sheryl Oppenheim ""BOMB""" Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |