黑料不打烊

鈥� ..For Bess, subconscious human experiences manifested themselves in these abstract and highly symbolic images... 鈥�

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Fridericianum

鈥� ..While resonant with Modernist abstraction, Bess鈥檚 beautiful and mysterious pictures suggest a spirituality akin to indigenous religious icons... 鈥�

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Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley

鈥� ..Beginning in early childhood, Bess experienced intense hallucinations that both frightened and intrigued him; in 1946, he began to incorporate images from these visions into his paintings... 鈥�

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The Menil Collection

鈥� ..By meticulously recording and studying the dream symbols captured in his artwork, Bess hoped to uncover their universal meaning... 鈥�

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The Menil Collection

鈥� ..Bess drew meaning for these symbols from various disciplines such as medicine, psychology, anthropology, and philosophy, eventually formulating a theory, which he referred to as his 鈥渢hesis,鈥� that the... 鈥�

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Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College