Bo Bartlett Book

A midcareer figurative painter with a distinctive and haunting narrative vision, Bo Bartlett composes large-scale contemporary portraits and landscapes that combine the memories and impressions of his upbringing, his faith, his family, and his friends. Presenting iconic American subjects subtly underlined with open-ended questions, Bartlett implies that there is a chance for magic and wonder in everyday life. In paintings titled Old Glory, Self Portrait on Wheaton, Hiroshima, The Good Old Days, A Place by the Ocean, Partisan, and The Dowry, he offers both a straightforward narrative and the possibility for more complex interpretations and responses. This volume is the first monograph on the artist. Published in association with The Columbus Museum Essays by Sylvia Yount and Al Harris-Fernandez. Interview by Suzi Gablik. Introduction by Charles T. Butler. Hardcover, 10 x 11 in., 104 pages, 63 color, 10 b/w illustrationsRead More