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The much-revered avant-garde guitarist John Fahey (1939-2001) incorporated influences ranging from folk, blues, and bluegrass to classical music, musique concrete, and noise in his primarily acoustic guitar-based compositions. Considered a legend by many, Fahey released upward of three dozen LPs in his lifetime. Relatively late in life, Fahey extended his so-called American Primitive approach beyond music, and into the creation of a substantial body of paintings created in makeshift studios in and around Salem, Oregon. Painting on found poster board and discarded spiral notebook paper, working with tempera, acrylic, spray paint, and magic marker, Fahey's intuitive approach echoes the action painters and abstract expressionists. The same alluring and tranquilizing aesthetics that defines much of Fahey's musical output are equally present in his paintings. The first publication focusing on his visual output, John Fahey: Paintings, edited in collaboration with Audio Visual Arts (AVA), is illustrated with 92 plates and is accompanied by essays from Keith Connolly, founding member of No-Neck Blues Band, and the critic Bob Nickas.Product Identifiers
PublisherInventory Press LLC
ISBN-139781941753002
eBay Product ID (ePID)209518617
Product Key Features
Book TitleJohn Fahey: Paintings
AuthorJohn Fahey
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2015
Number of Pages128 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height290mm
Item Width216mm
Item Weight816g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorJohn Fahey
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
