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James C. Harrison (November 7, 1925 – November 4, 1990) was a Detroit, Michigan artist based in Brooklyn, New York. His work is complex, layered and full of Jungian, religious and mystical references used to relay his internal battles and demons. Harrison drew inspiration from mythology, psychiatry, poetry, music, philosophy and artists of the past. His ever-evolving style - often equated to Cy Twombly, Robert Rauschenberg and other contemporaries - always maintained a cutting-edge quality that was anchored in his own deep philosophical tendencies. ==Life and Education== Born in Detroit, Michigan on November 27, 1925, Harrison attended Cass Technical High School. He graduated in 1943 with a degree in commercial art. He went on to attend both the Cranbrook Academy of Art (1944) and Olivet College (1946) for only a single term each, before realizing that a traditional educational setting was not agreeable with him. Thus, he became largely a self-taught artist.〔James C. Harrison, Brooklyn Artist, 64. The New York Times, November 10, 1990. http://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/10/obituaries/james-c-harrison-brooklyn-artist-64.html〕 Harrison was awarded and sponsored by Professor Wallace Fowlie of Duke University to attend a three-month residency in 1948 at Yaddo (artist colony) in Saratoga Springs, New York.〔LedisFlam, Inc. James Harrison, exhibition catalog, 1989, LedisFlam Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.〕 In 1950, Harrison moved to New York and worked as a color mixer for a textile manufacturer to support himself, still with aspirations of becoming a recognized artist. While in New York, Harrison surrounded himself with a group of friends that included James Baldwin and photographers Doug Quackenbush and Larry Clark. He drew inspiration from Jazz, a passion that ignited in him since his beginnings in Detroit, the philosophies of Carl Jung and became more and more consumed by an addiction to drugs and alcohol.〔Acheson, Peter. Mind Mandala: The Art of James Harrison. The Brooklyn Rail. April 10, 2006. http://www.brooklynrail.org/2006/04/artseen/mind-mandala-the-art-of-james-harrison〕〔Johnson, Ken. Art in Review; James Harrison-the Future is in the Past. The New York Times. April 28, 2006. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9406E7DD103FF93BA15757C0A9609C8B63〕 From the late 1950s throughout the 1970s he was featured in numerous group exhibitions, but it wasn't until the 1980s that he finally gained recognition of his own right. In 1983, he had his first solo exhibition at A Place Apart Gallery in Brooklyn, New York, and in 1987, the LedisFlam Gallery presented his unaided exhibition, "Forty Year Retrospective".〔LedisFlam, Inc. James Harrison, exhibition catalog, 1989, LedisFlam Gallery, Brooklyn, NY〕〔James C. Harrison, Brooklyn Artist, 64. The New York Times, November 10, 1990. http://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/10/obituaries/james-c-harrison-brooklyn-artist-64.html〕 After a long-standing battle with alcohol and drug abuse, Harrison died from liver failure on November 4, 1990 in Brooklyn, New York.〔James C. Harrison, Brooklyn Artist, 64. The New York Times, November 10, 1990. http://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/10/obituaries/james-c-harrison-brooklyn-artist-64.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James C. Harrison」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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