September 1 - October 1, 2022
From Kirk Hopper Fine Art:
“Kirk Hopper Fine Art is honored to present The Outsiders featuring newly discovered works by Forrest Bess, as well as favorites by Bert L. Long, Jr., and Chris Martin.
Forrest Clemenger Bess (1911-1977) was a bait fisherman and self taught artist who was considered somewhat of a small town eccentric. A self-described visionary artist, Bess painted his subconscious and his small abstract paintings are filled with his vivid, personal visions. Bess’s work is included in many private and public collections including The Menil Collection, Houston; Houston Museum of Fine Arts; Museum of Contemporary Arts, Chicago; Museum of Modern Art, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Bert L. Long, Jr. (1940-2013) was a chef and self taught artist. Long Jr. gained national and international recognition for his thought provoking art. Long Jr. described the philosophy behind his work as “a quest to help people diagnose their inner self” and believed his art to be “the vehicle to help facilitate the process.” Bert Long Jr.’s work can be seen in over 100 private and public collections worldwide including Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC; Dallas Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Art, Houston; Bell Telephone, Houston; Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii; Groupo Larios, Spain.
Chris Martin (b.1954) lives and works in Brooklyn, N.Y. He studied painting at Yale University and received a BFA from School of Visual Arts, New York. Martin’s compulsive paintings are playful, unpredictable encounters of the world around him, combining found objects and collage in abstract geometries and bold rhythmic patterns. Martin’s abstractions serve as investigations in color, form, and texture–some thick and lumpy, others painted with spare restraint indicative of an unstable, constantly shifting internal landscape. Martin’s paintings are included in the permanent collections of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Museum of Contemporary Art Denver; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among other museums.”
On View: September 1, 2022 | 12–5 pm
Kirk Hopper Fine Art (Riverfront Blvd.)
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Dallas, 75207 Texas
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