Of Dogs and Other People: The Art of Roy De Forest

Roy De Forest’s brightly hued, crazy—quilted paintings and sculptures are dotted with nipples of color and inhabited by a cast of characters uniquely his own, a perennial favorite being his instantly recognizable, wild—eyed and pointy—eared dogs. Published in conjunction with a retrospective exhibition of the American painter’s fifty—year career, Of Dogs and Other People reassesses De Forest’s art—historical position, placing him in a national rather than solely West Coast context.

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