John WesleyOver the course of the past 40 years, painter John Wesley has created a remarkably singular body of work whose subject is no less than the American psyche. While many artists of his generation have used popular images to explore the cultural landscape, Wesley has employed comic strip style and compositional rigor to make deeply personal, often hermetic paintings that strike at the core of our most primal fears, joys and desires. In this first volume ever to collect the entire iconic Bumstead series, which spans from 1974 until the present, we are introduced to several paintings that have never been reproduced before. These are dark and erotic works, sly and witty without ever giving too much away. Linda Norden described them thus in Parkett 62: "The Bumstead paintings--whether detailing scenes of domestic misunderstanding, zooming in on off-camera moments of bafflement or simply scanning empty halls and walls for private memories--are excruciatingly specific representations of the gulfs between feeling and comprehension... smart, funny, startling, irreverently empathetic and often heartbreaking, they are a welcome antidote to more laborious discourse." With an insightful new essay by Robert Hobbs. |
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... plain words for plain people . ” The substance of this message , as Wesley understood it , had been gather- ing in his mind before the Revival began . But it took its characteristic form and finish under the heat and pressures of the ...
... plain words for plain people . ” The substance of this message , as Wesley understood it , had been gather- ing in his mind before the Revival began . But it took its characteristic form and finish under the heat and pressures of the ...
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... Discipline in the Minutes of the Confer- ences , 1744-47 , 134 The Rules of the United Societies , 177 Rules of the Bands , 180 A Plain Account of Genuine Christianity , 181 II . Faith and the Assurance of Faith , 197 xi.
... Discipline in the Minutes of the Confer- ences , 1744-47 , 134 The Rules of the United Societies , 177 Rules of the Bands , 180 A Plain Account of Genuine Christianity , 181 II . Faith and the Assurance of Faith , 197 xi.
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... plain that the salient traits of John Wesley's psychological character were well known . Even a stranger like John Smith recognized the fact that Wesley's strong - mindedness was something of a family trait ; that caution and ...
... plain that the salient traits of John Wesley's psychological character were well known . Even a stranger like John Smith recognized the fact that Wesley's strong - mindedness was something of a family trait ; that caution and ...
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... Plain Ac- count of Christian Perfection : 11. From an unpublished manuscript in the Methodist Archives , Epworth House , London . For Samuel Wesley's alliance with Henry Sacheverell , cf. John Wesley , A Concise History of England ...
... Plain Ac- count of Christian Perfection : 11. From an unpublished manuscript in the Methodist Archives , Epworth House , London . For Samuel Wesley's alliance with Henry Sacheverell , cf. John Wesley , A Concise History of England ...
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... Plain Account of Christian Perfection , par . 7-8 ( Works , XI , 369-70 ) , where Wesley , in a rehearsal of his early spiritual development , passes directly from Georgia to Germany with no mention of Aldersgate as intervening . See ...
... Plain Account of Christian Perfection , par . 7-8 ( Works , XI , 369-70 ) , where Wesley , in a rehearsal of his early spiritual development , passes directly from Georgia to Germany with no mention of Aldersgate as intervening . See ...
Contents
V | 41 |
VI | 51 |
VIII | 70 |
IX | 73 |
X | 77 |
XI | 80 |
XII | 82 |
XIII | 84 |
XXXI | 231 |
XXXII | 238 |
XXXIII | 251 |
XXXIV | 252 |
XXXV | 271 |
XXXVI | 283 |
XXXVII | 298 |
XXXVIII | 306 |
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Aldersgate antinomianism apostle Arminian baptism baptized believe believeth blessing blood brethren called Calvinists Charles Wesley children of God Christian Perfection Church of England circumcision command covenant death desire devil doctrine earth edition election eternal evil faith Father fear fruit give glory God's gospel hath hear heart heaven Holy Ghost Homilies Jehonadab Jesus Christ John Wesley Journal justified Letters live Lord Lord's Supper manner means of grace mercy Methodist Moravian nature never obey ordinances outward Oxford Paul persons Peter Böhler plain prayer preach preachers reason receive religion repentance reprobation righteousness sacraments saith salvation sanctified saved Scripture sense Sermons Sugden sinners sins societies soul speak Spirit suppose thee theological therein things thou thought tion true truth unconditional election unto Wesley's whole witness words