"It's a glorious thing if you don't expect an explanation." Jordan Belson on his Art | The Brooklyn Rail When I lived in San Francisco (1977 – 79) the person I most wanted to meet (after Bob Kaufman) was Jordan Belson. But he had already become quite a famous recluse and all attempts were rebuffed.

Visionary American artist and filmmaker Jordan Belson on his art: "It’s a glorious thing if you don’t expect an explanation.”
(Raymond Foye and Jordan Belson - The Brooklyn Rail)

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Although Jordan Belson is recognized as a seminal figure in 20th century avant-garde cinema, his innovations in film were an extension of his visionary paintings, the medium that remained central to his art.

Target (Spectrum), 1953
(Casein on Panel)

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Filmmaker and artist Jordan Belson created abstract films and art richly woven with cosmological imagery, exploring consciousness, transcendence, and the nature of light itself.

Untitled, 2003
(Pastel, prismacolor, and ink on paper)

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Although Jordan Belson is recognized as a seminal figure in twentieth-century avant-garde cinema, his innovations in film (an influence on Kubrick's “the ultimate trip” for 2001) were an extension of his visionary paintings, the medium that remained central to his art.

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Please help the Center for Visual Music move their invaluable Oskar Fischinger, Jordan Belson, Mary Ellen Bute and so many other amazing holdings out of LA to a safer location ! Archives that are essential to histories of media art.

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