Queen Nancy Bell: Wings of Evangelistics
Queen Nancy Bell: Wings of Evangelistics is the first full-color monograph of the artwork of Queen Nancy Bell.
Presenting a range of paintings created from 2011 to the present, this selection of work offers a glimpse into Bell’s prolific art practice and powerful artistic vision, which, in Bell’s own words, is “unusual, magnificent, excellent, marvelous, victorious, and glorified.”
The paintings of Queen Nancy Bell are unmistakable, crafted in an iconic style. Each composition represents a discrete, centrally located motif, formed through a combination of bright color, pattern, and outline. The winding, spindling intricacies of Bell’s line work sometimes blossom from a central point, like mandalas, and at other times hint at symmetry while unfurling into an unexpected shape. Figures of animals or people occasionally appear, their hair, clothing, or skin depicted with the same style of ornamental patterning. Ancient motifs like spirals, paisleys, and human eye shapes imbue Bell’s work with a kind of timelessness, a connection to something familiar, elemental, and deeply human.
Queen Nancy Bell was born in 1961 in Philadelphia, where she has lived her entire life. A self-taught artist, Bell’s creative practice began when she was five years old, and was fostered at Oasis Art Center, where she created from 2005 until its closure in 2014. Bell’s work has been exhibited at various venues throughout Philadelphia, including at Fleisher/Ollman Gallery. She has also exhibited at the Outsider Art Fair and Tompkins Square Library in NYC. She is a mother of three and a grandmother of five.
Featuring a full color print gallery of Queen Nancy Bell's original artwork, artist statement, and curatorial statement from the exhibition Queen Nancy Bell: Fingertips of Jesus and Feathertips of Jehovah. Text designed by Livia Charman.
Limited edition, 54 pages, full color
copyright THE PLACE PRESS, 2024
Queen Nancy Bell: Wings of Evangelistics is the first full-color monograph of the artwork of Queen Nancy Bell.
Presenting a range of paintings created from 2011 to the present, this selection of work offers a glimpse into Bell’s prolific art practice and powerful artistic vision, which, in Bell’s own words, is “unusual, magnificent, excellent, marvelous, victorious, and glorified.”
The paintings of Queen Nancy Bell are unmistakable, crafted in an iconic style. Each composition represents a discrete, centrally located motif, formed through a combination of bright color, pattern, and outline. The winding, spindling intricacies of Bell’s line work sometimes blossom from a central point, like mandalas, and at other times hint at symmetry while unfurling into an unexpected shape. Figures of animals or people occasionally appear, their hair, clothing, or skin depicted with the same style of ornamental patterning. Ancient motifs like spirals, paisleys, and human eye shapes imbue Bell’s work with a kind of timelessness, a connection to something familiar, elemental, and deeply human.
Queen Nancy Bell was born in 1961 in Philadelphia, where she has lived her entire life. A self-taught artist, Bell’s creative practice began when she was five years old, and was fostered at Oasis Art Center, where she created from 2005 until its closure in 2014. Bell’s work has been exhibited at various venues throughout Philadelphia, including at Fleisher/Ollman Gallery. She has also exhibited at the Outsider Art Fair and Tompkins Square Library in NYC. She is a mother of three and a grandmother of five.
Featuring a full color print gallery of Queen Nancy Bell's original artwork, artist statement, and curatorial statement from the exhibition Queen Nancy Bell: Fingertips of Jesus and Feathertips of Jehovah. Text designed by Livia Charman.
Limited edition, 54 pages, full color
copyright THE PLACE PRESS, 2024
Queen Nancy Bell: Wings of Evangelistics is the first full-color monograph of the artwork of Queen Nancy Bell.
Presenting a range of paintings created from 2011 to the present, this selection of work offers a glimpse into Bell’s prolific art practice and powerful artistic vision, which, in Bell’s own words, is “unusual, magnificent, excellent, marvelous, victorious, and glorified.”
The paintings of Queen Nancy Bell are unmistakable, crafted in an iconic style. Each composition represents a discrete, centrally located motif, formed through a combination of bright color, pattern, and outline. The winding, spindling intricacies of Bell’s line work sometimes blossom from a central point, like mandalas, and at other times hint at symmetry while unfurling into an unexpected shape. Figures of animals or people occasionally appear, their hair, clothing, or skin depicted with the same style of ornamental patterning. Ancient motifs like spirals, paisleys, and human eye shapes imbue Bell’s work with a kind of timelessness, a connection to something familiar, elemental, and deeply human.
Queen Nancy Bell was born in 1961 in Philadelphia, where she has lived her entire life. A self-taught artist, Bell’s creative practice began when she was five years old, and was fostered at Oasis Art Center, where she created from 2005 until its closure in 2014. Bell’s work has been exhibited at various venues throughout Philadelphia, including at Fleisher/Ollman Gallery. She has also exhibited at the Outsider Art Fair and Tompkins Square Library in NYC. She is a mother of three and a grandmother of five.
Featuring a full color print gallery of Queen Nancy Bell's original artwork, artist statement, and curatorial statement from the exhibition Queen Nancy Bell: Fingertips of Jesus and Feathertips of Jehovah. Text designed by Livia Charman.
Limited edition, 54 pages, full color
copyright THE PLACE PRESS, 2024