Paul Laffoley is a Visionary artist who lives and works in a tiny space in Boston he calls "the Boston Visionary Cell." A trained architect, Laffoley produces brilliantly colored mandala paintings filled with symbols and texts. Each painting is accompanied by a tex called a "thought-form," which serves as commentary on the painting's content. The paintings--many of them large (73 x 73 inches)--have titles that range from the paranormal and arcane ("The Ectoplasmic Man," "The Sexuality of Robots") to the erudite: "De Rerum Natura," referring to the poet Lucretius. Laffoley is interested in "the mechanics of mysticism," time and space, dreams, magic, and consciousness. In addition to painting, he has also designed a time machine and a prayer gun. This book collects what Laffoley and his gallerist, Douglas Walla, see as "the essential works"--94 color plates w/91 attendant thought-forms. It also includes an introduction by Walla, a biography of Laffoley by artist Steven Moskowitz, and essays by two scholars. Linda Dalrymple Henderson (University of Texas at Austin, Art History) is a renowned expert on Henri Bergson, Duchamp, the art/science juncture, and "the fourth dimension." Arielle Saiber (associate professor of Italian, Bowdoin College) analyzes one Laffoley's major works: Dante's 'Divine Comedy' Triptych.
Author(s): Douglas Walla
Publisher: University Of Chicago
Year: 2016
Language: English
City: Chicago
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ABSOLUTE LIFE2
THE CITY CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE, 1962
TEMPORALITY/SPATIALITY, 1963
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THE ORIGIN OF THE SPIRAL IN NATURE, 1963
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TRUE LIBERATION, 1963
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THE ASTROLOGICAL OUROBOROS, 1965
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HOMAGE TO OUSPENSKY, 1965
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HOMAGE TO THE BLACK STAR OF PERFECTION
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THE KALI-YUGA: THE END OF THE UNIVERSE AT 424826 A.D. (THE COSMOS FALLS INTO THE CHAOS AS THE SHAKTI UROBOROS LEADS TO THE ELIMINATION OF ALL VALUE SYSTEMS BY SPECTRUM ANALYSIS), 1965
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THE KALI -YUGA = THE END OF THE UNIVERSE AT, 424826 A
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THE UNITY OF BEING AND BECOMING, 1965
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RUDOLF STEINER, 1965
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LET PROJECT 70 COME TO YOU, 1967
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MIND PHYSICS: THE BURNING OF SAMSARA, 1
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MIND PHYSICS - THE BURNING OF SAMSARA
THE MODALITIES OF POWER, 1967
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ALICE PLEASANCE LIDDELL, 1968
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I, ROBUR, MASTER OF THE WORLD, 1968
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THE HOLLOW EARTH, 1968
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THE URBAN FOSSICKATED OCTAVE, 1968
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SELF PORTRAIT, 1969
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WOODSTOCK AT BETHEL-THE HOUSE OF GOD
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THE PHYSICAL BODY
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QUARTUMDIMENSIO AEDIFICIUM (THE CLAUDE BRAGDON BUILDING), 1973
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GET THEE BEHIND ME, SATAN, 1974
GET THEE BEHIND ME, SATAN, PRINTED 1983
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TEMPORALITY: THE GREAT WITHIN OF THE UNIVERSE, 1974
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TEMPORALITY: THE GREAT WITHIN OF THE UNIVERSE
UTOPIA: THE SUSPENSION BETWEEN THE POSSIBLE AND THE IMPOSSIBLE, 1973
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UTOPIA: TIME CAST AS A VOYAGE, 1974
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THE NEW MOTIVE POWER OF SPIRIT-WILL, 1975
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THE ATLANTEAN TIME MACHINE: FIRST DESIGN PHASE, 1976
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THE LEVOGYRE, 1976
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THE QUEST FOR THE VISION OF THE JUST WORLD, 1978
THE RENOVATIO MUNDI, 1977
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THE RENOVATIO MUNDI hTteIIectus
TESSERACT HOUSE, 1978
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THE CONTEXT OF THE BAUHAROQUE, 1978
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THE NEW AGE
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THE SURVIVAL'S STRATEGY OF THE ILLUSION OF EVOLUTION, 1980
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THE ORGONE MOTOR, 1981
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THEORGONE MOTOR
COLOR BREATHING, 1983
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THE ASTRAKAKITERABOAT, 1983
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DAS URPFLANZE HAUS (DIPTYCH), 1984
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DAS URPFLANZE HAUS II, 1983-95
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CHAOS/COSMOS, 1985
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ASYMMETRY SYMMETRY FEMALE j j MALE
DE RERUM NATURA, 1985
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MIND-BODY ALPHA, 1987
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THE ELOPTIC NOHMAGRAPHON, 1989
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THE ELOPTICNOHMAGRAPHON
GEOCHRONMECHANE: THE TIME MACHINE FROM EARTH, 1990
THE TIME MACHINEsGEOCHRONMECH ANE; FROM THE EARTH
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THE ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE, THE LINE, AND THE SUN, 1991
THE ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE,THE LINE, ANDTHE SUN
THE CAVE:
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DIMENSIONALITY: THE MANIFESTATION OF FATE, 1992
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IT CAME FROM BENEATH SPACE, 1993
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A MAQUETTE FOR A THOUGHT FORM, 1993
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XANATOPIA, 1995
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PRECATIO AUCTOR, 1999
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ANTHE HIERONYMOUS BOX TWO, 1999-2003
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MATTER JANTHE HIERONYMUSBOX TWO
GAUDEAMUS IGITUR (HOMAGE TO ANTONIO GAUDI Y CORNET), 2001
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THE WORLD SOUL OF PLOTINUS, 2001
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ON BECOMING A SHADOW, 2001-2
THE DEATH AND LIFE OF MONSIEUR SEBASTIAN MELMOTH: AU THEATRE DU GRAND GUIGNOL, 2001-3
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AFTER GAUDI: A GRAND HOTEL FOR NEW YORK CITY, 2002
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THE FIVE PRINCIPLES OF GEEZER ART, 2003
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THE FIVE PRINCIPLES OF GEEZER ART
THE PARTURIENT BLESSED MORALITY OF PHYSIOLOGICAL DIMENSIONALITY: ALEPH-NULL NUMBER, 2004
THE PARTURIENT BLESSED MORALITY OF PHYSIOLOGICAL DIMENSIONALITY: ALEPH-NULL NUMBER, 2004-6
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PICKMAN'S MEPHITIC MODELS, 2004
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THE PHYSICALLY ALIVE STRUCTURED ENVIRONMENT: THE BAUHAROQUE, 2004
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PISTIS SOPHIA, 2004-6
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COSMOGENESIS TO CHRISTOGENESIS, 2005
ACTUALITY! AUTONOMY2.
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THE EGYPTIAN FLOWER OF LIFE, 2005-7
THE COPENHAGEN CAT PARADOX, 2008
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THE COPENHAGEN CAT PARADOX
SPOOKY, THE ATOMIC GHOSTCATACTS ATALL DISTANCES.
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THE OLD DISCOVERY OF THE HOLE OF MELVIN WATERS.
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THE SEXUALITY OF ROBOTS, 2009-10
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THE MYTH OF THE ZEITGEIST, 2013
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